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Textile microfibre pollution found in the Antarctic
2018-06-12 12:55:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Environmental activist group Greenpeace has published a report outlining the extent of pollution - including that caused by textile microfibres - in Antarctic oceans.
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UK campaign targets textile microfibre awareness
2018-06-06 16:21:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A UK-based non-profit organisation that promotes environmental causes has launched a campaign aimed at making consumers more aware of how the clothes they buy might be contributing to plastic pollution.
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Connecticut reconsiders microfibre labelling plans
2018-05-17 14:51:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The US state of Connecticut is understood to have shelved plans for microfibre labelling in garments, but will instead set up a working group to study the issue of synthetic clothing and microfibre pollution.
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Another US state plans microfibre warning labels
2018-04-06 14:04:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The US state of Connecticut has followed California's lead in introducing a bill that would require all clothing made from primarily polyester fabric to carry a label warning the garment sheds plastic microfibres when washed.
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New policies needed to reduce microfibre pollution
2018-03-19 13:01:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A new study says new policies and technologies to substantially reduce release of textile microfibres "are urgently needed."
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