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Jan 21, 2024

Our Clothes are Sending Microplastics into Nature. Science and Industry are Gearing Up to Fight Back

https://www.sustainthemag.com/style/is-recycling-plastic-into-textiles-really-the-best-option Must READ!!! It notes, "recycled polyester decomposes and breaks into microplastics and microfibers easier and faster than virgin fabrics", etc. .

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652620344000 Plastic in asphalt ???? Meanwhile I find it troubling that asphalt was used along the Blackstone River instead of using crushed stone that is on the Holliston, Ma Rail trailhttps://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/2021/12/28/holliston-rail-trail-built-hiking-and-biking/6434097001/ .

https://www.americantrails.org/resources/the-art-of-building-crushed-stone-trails

https://www.nortonpoint.com/pages/about-us Locally made Sunglasses made from beach litter.

https://www.maineropemats.com/ Fishing rope made into doormats.

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ada310a046d74b5fbbd14e7846ba4814 Interesting approach down in Florida. ???

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