Bag for life!
Jan. 24th, 2022 07:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
motodraconisSo I've been trying to make an effort for the environment. Such as, where possible avoiding plastic, bags, packaging, pointless landfill plastic items, and synthetic fibres. Where possible.
Because OBVIOUSLY no one can be perfect in this, and I have my disgusting vices. But I am creeped out by microfibers entering the water table, drinking water and the food chain. It turns out that clothes with synthetic fibres shed a fuck of a lot of plastic into the water table every time we wash them.
Now, I often use a washing bag to protect certain items of clothing from being ripped or damaged, or to protect my washing machine from damage.
So why not use a bag that also helps keep these microfibers out of the water table? I'm using a bag anyway, often enough. It's no big effort and my clothes and washing machine will last longer.
Thus I have bought these... Guppyfriend washing bags. There are loads of washing bags for sale on Amazon, but as far as I know, only these filter out the microplastic.
And they seem pretty roomy.
Of course, I still need to work out how best to dispose of the collected fluff (fill a plastic bottle and put that bottle in the recycling?) But posted here... in the hope that others will consider using these bags. Every little helps right? Better than nothing right?
And for anyone wanting to say "what about..." I refer you to this.
If you are in Norway, you can get them here.
Because OBVIOUSLY no one can be perfect in this, and I have my disgusting vices. But I am creeped out by microfibers entering the water table, drinking water and the food chain. It turns out that clothes with synthetic fibres shed a fuck of a lot of plastic into the water table every time we wash them.
Now, I often use a washing bag to protect certain items of clothing from being ripped or damaged, or to protect my washing machine from damage.
So why not use a bag that also helps keep these microfibers out of the water table? I'm using a bag anyway, often enough. It's no big effort and my clothes and washing machine will last longer.
Thus I have bought these... Guppyfriend washing bags. There are loads of washing bags for sale on Amazon, but as far as I know, only these filter out the microplastic.
And they seem pretty roomy.
Of course, I still need to work out how best to dispose of the collected fluff (fill a plastic bottle and put that bottle in the recycling?) But posted here... in the hope that others will consider using these bags. Every little helps right? Better than nothing right?
And for anyone wanting to say "what about..." I refer you to this.
If you are in Norway, you can get them here.
