Microplastics in Textiles: The Hidden Pollution of Synthetic Materials
In the North Pacific, a massive plastic accumulation spanning over 1.6 million square kilometers has formed what is often called the “7th Continent.” While other garbage vortexes exist in oceans worldwide, this one is the largest, containing 80,000 tonnes of debris and microplastics. The root cause of this ecological disaster? Pollutants from land—and one of…