Synthetic materials like microplastics are one of the causes of our global environmental pollution.
73% of waste garments are sent for incineration or land-fill. It significantly links to air pollution, the air we are breathing in everyday. In laboratory tests, microplastics have been shown to cause damage to human cells, including both allergic reactions and cell death.
Microplastics can get into the environment directly: for example, through synthetic textile fibers that are released when clothes are washed, microplastics pass unchanged through waterways into the ocean regardless how high quality the product.
Microplastics can even be found in tap water. 83% of tap water samples contain microplastics.