The problem with our gear

July 2019

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July 2019

Microfibres are everywhere – in the Arctic ice, the remotest parts of the deep sea, in the dust in our homes.
Outdoor gear is amazing. It is technical, functional, durable and even fashionable. But one word you can’t quite use to describe it is green. And I don’t mean the colour. As we discover in our story ‘Microfibres, macro problems’, fleece and other synthetic garments are shedding microfibres into waterways every time they’re washed and even […]
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