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Really struggling to wean myself off synthetic textiles for exercise … Merino is the answer I know…
Is it really though.
I’ve had a couple merino cycling tops, they didn’t last very long.
In contrast I have about 5 cheap as shit synthetic karrimor t shirts that Ive been wearing day in day out for cycling, running, hiking, at work, basically anytime I expect to get sweaty for about 5 years. The logos wore off (probably in the wash) long ago but apart from that and maybe the odd pull in the material, they look like new. I can’t believe they are leeching micro plastics in the wash because they’ve all been washed so often there’s be nothing left off then off they were. And there’s no way something like a cotton t shirt would have lasted anything like as long under similar use, I’ve worn through countless t shirts wearing them for much less hard wearing activities while owning these synthetic ones.
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Really struggling to wean myself off synthetic textiles for exercise (not just cycling). It's not so much the CO2 impact of producing the clothes I own. That is probably comparable the CO2 footprint of all the supermarket packaging and other kinds of rubbish I throw out in a month. But I hate to think about the microplastics that go into the sewage system whenever I wash them.
Merino is the answer I know, but cost and availability makes it hard to make the switch.