vitriolix

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You are probably right that industrial and packaging are probably major sources, but microfibers in clothes is a big problem too

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/fashions-tiny-hidden-secret#:~:text=Laundry%20alone%20causes%20around%20half,almost%20three%20billion%20polyester%20shirts.

Laundry alone causes around half a million tonnes of plastic microfibres to be released into the ocean every year—the equivalent of almost three billion polyester shirts.