Tag: microplastic pollution

• Call for experts – Plastic pellet pollution

  ECOS is looking for experts in the field of plastic pellet pollution and more specifically on methods to estimate plastic pellet losses to represent and defend environmental interests in the development of standards and related policies.

• ECOS FACTSHEET – Microplastic pollution: The new runway trend for season 2023-2050

  Fast fashion is leading the microplastic pollution trend. After World Environment Day, ECOS highlights that synthetic textiles are one of the major sources of microplastic pollution – they have dominated the fibre market in fashion since the mid-1990s.

• Tyre wear – an underestimated source of air pollution that needs to be tackled

  When you hear ‘car pollution’, what is the first thing that comes to mind? People usually think of exhaust emissions – the truth we can’t deny! But there is another major hidden polluter – tyres.