Microplastics or microfibers: Does anyone really get what this is about? OPINION: What we do know, is that all synthetic clothing and materials, sooner or later, will become microplastics, a «time-delayed» pollution bomb. And thus, they will ultimately become a problem for seabirds, and us.
Longyearbyen with 2400 residents releases as much microfiber into the ocean as Vancouver Synthetic outdoor clothes and poor wastewater management cause the emissions.