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Can a swimsuit save the planet?

2021-05-24T03:42:11.290Z


SURVEY - Deemed to be polluting and harmful to the marine ecosystem, one-piece and bikini are on their way to becoming the good students of a textile industry in full ecological redemption ...


Did you know that our swimsuits, also

"itsi bitsi tini ouini, very small, small, bikini"

are they harmful to the planet? In addition to overconsumption of water and air pollution resulting from their manufacture (like any textile made from synthetic fibers), their polyesters release, when we wash them, tiny plastic particles in wastewater and, for example, extension, in the seabed. Invariably ending their runs in the digestive tract of turtles, birds and even fish that sometimes end up on our plates. According to the report "A New Textile Economy: Redesigning the Future of Fashion", published in 2018 by the British foundation Ellen MacArthur in collaboration with the label Stella McCartney, it is expected that by 2050, 22 trillion tons of synthetic microfibers will have been thrown into the seas.

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However, while more and more ready-to-wear brands are opting for natural raw materials

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Source: lefigaro

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