Climate warning

Harrison wambui

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Government of Kenya

Climate warning

Wastewater microfibers contribute to potential pollution on Kenyan coastline

Washing clothes releases microfibers, which can be synthetic (plastic) and non-synthetic which will lead to enviroment pollution.
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Wastewater microfibers contribute to potential pollution on Kenyan coastline

Washing clothes releases microfibers, which can be synthetic (plastic) and non-synthetic, but little is understood about the environmental impact. To better understand this, researchers teamed up with the Flipflopi project, an initiative which uses the world's first recycled plastic sailing dhow, a handmade boat constructed from materials found on African beaches, including 30,000 discarded flip flops. To date, the seven-ton boat has received more than 90,000 kg of plastics from the world's oceans.

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-wastewater-microfibers-contribute-potential-pollution.html




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  • Rashid Kamau

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    Microfibers contain toxic chemicals that are intentionally added to textiles during the manufacturing process or that accumulate on plastic particles in the ocean.

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    • johnte ndeto

      1 d

      so reckless

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      • Mc Kaka

        1 d

        Sad!

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        • Tabitha Kimani

          1 d

          It's very sad since I have not seen any efforts by the government to deal with plastic pollution.

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          • Joseph Githinji

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            This is disappointing, something must be done.

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