I spend a lot of time outdoors and wearing fleece jackets seemed a good use of recycled plastic. I now learn that every time I wash them, I pollute the oceans with microscopic fibres. If they go to landfill, they will presumably stay there for hundreds of years and may leach toxins into the environment. Should I continue to wear them? What is the best way of disposing of them?
Elizabeth Carter, Penselwood, Somerset, UK
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