The fashion sector’s environmental strategy is making microplastics pollution worse, a new investigation has found.

More than a hundred brands claim that recycled polyester from waste plastic bottles can help reduce pollution and other environmental problems. Adidas, H&M, Puma and Patagonia have switched almost all their polyester use from virgin to recycled for sustainability reasons.

But new laboratory research, published today by the non-profit Changing Markets Foundation, found that recycled polyester creates 55 per cent more microplastic pollution particles on average during washing than virgin polyester, which is less brittle.

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