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?
• Synthetic garments have at least twice the carbon footprint of natural fibre ones, yet producing them uses much less water and no pesticides or artificial fertilisers. But it is…
