A deep dive into microfibres, how they are damaging the environment and some realistic solutions to the problem.
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Over time, our styles change and what once seemed like a necessity, (Hello, LACK table, we’re looking at you!) can end up taking up space in our homes. Before you think about tossing your table to the curb on rubbish day, know that everything deserves a second life. That’s why IKEA introduced its buy-back resource to minimise the amount of stuff that ends up in the landfill.
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Last week a friend of mine announced, mere moments after I brought her up on putting her soft plastic rubbish in the wrong bin, that she doesn’t care because she doesn’t think global warming is an actual thing. Needless to say, I nearly fell off my chair. Aside from the fact that it made me seriously question our friendship when two people can hold such opposing opinions (well it’s really more than just an opinion for me, as climate change dictates how I live each day and seeps into my daily life decision making). It left me wondering how a great deal of people can be so convinced that climate change isn’t just a fictional narrative that most of humankind is currently conversing.
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What’s the scariest concept your mind could possibly elicit? I’m sure your mind could conjure up a few, going off European history alone. But I’m going to throw out ‘microplastics’ or just ‘plastic’ full stop as my blood-curdling fearful concept of choice. It also happens to be at the pinnacle of my climate change anxiety mind mountain.
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