{"id":86643,"date":"2019-02-19T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T09:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=883"},"modified":"2019-02-19T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T09:30:32","slug":"synthetic-fibres-contribute-to-plastic-pollution-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/synthetic-fibres-contribute-to-plastic-pollution-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Synthetic fibres contribute to plastic pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>According to a recent study, synthetic fibres\nlike nylon and polyesters are major contributors of micro plastic pollution in\nthe environment. Synthetic fibres are petroleum-based products.\nThey are not recyclable and biodegradable like natural fibres such as wool,\ncotton and silk<\/li><li>Microplastics are plastics which are less than\nfive mm in diameter in size. Sources of micro plastic include clothing,\ncosmetics, industrial processes etc.<\/li><li>Microplastic pollution has become a major\nenvironmental concern. According to a 2017 International Union for Conservation\nof Nature (IUCN) report, microplastics are estimated to constitute up to 30% of\nmarine litter polluting the oceans<\/li><li>In the oceans, pieces of microscopic plastic are\nconsumed by plants and animals and enter the human food chain through harvested\nfish. The ingestion of microplastics is very dangerous as these\nsubstances contain high concentrations of toxic chemicals such as\npolychlorinated biphenyls.<\/li><li>The recent study has suggested measures to\nprevent microplastic pollution; such as a) minimise the use\nof synthetic fibres, b) substitution of synthetic\nfibres with biosynthetic fibres and natural fibres, c) large\nscale use of bacteria that could aid in biodegradation of the fibres for reuse\nand d) blending synthetic fibres with natural fibres to increase durability and\nmake them recyclable.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a recent study, synthetic fibres like nylon and polyesters are major contributors of micro plastic pollution in the environment. Synthetic fibres are petroleum-based products. They are not recyclable and biodegradable like natural fibres such as wool, cotton and silk Microplastics are plastics which are less than five mm in diameter in size. Sources&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/synthetic-fibres-contribute-to-plastic-pollution-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Synthetic fibres contribute to plastic pollution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4208],"class_list":["post-86643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-microplastic-pollution","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704838923},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}