@helenpugh@mastodon.online

· 1mo ago

My latest blog post for the Scarab Trust. Find out about a mountain of clothes that's literally visible from space! https://www.scarabtrust.org.uk/post/visible-from-space-the-atacama-s-dumping-ground-for-unwanted-clothes #atacama #Chile #wastecolonisation #scarabtrust #clothing #space #recycledclothes #environment

Visible from Space: The Atacama’s Dumping Ground for Unwanted Clothes

The Scarab Trust

Visible from Space: The Atacama’s Dumping Ground for Unwanted Clothes

My recent post highlighted Ghana’s plight in waste colonialism related to the textile trade. This time we focus on Chile.Chile is Latin America’s biggest consumer of clothes and, in 2022, imported around 124,000 tonnes of second-hand textiles from across the world. In the same year, it was estimated that 300 hectares in northern Chile had been contaminated by textile waste.The world’s chronic overproduction of textiles and fast fashion culture are a big part of this story. So is the free-trade p

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Helen Pugh @helenpugh@mastodon.online

· 2mo ago

My other blog post for the Scarab Trust: https://www.scarabtrust.org.uk/post/is-microwave-safe-plastic-really-safe #environment #microplastics #breakfreefromplastic #microwave #readymeals #health

The Scarab Trust

Is Microwave-safe plastic really safe?

Ready meals have been around since the 1950s. Yet the plastic packaging used in them is harmful to the planet and to people. Greenpeace’s recent analysis of 24 research papers in leading scientific journals found that plastic packaging used for ready meals and takeaways poses a potentially serious risk for human health. The packaging, especially when heated, can release large amounts of microplastics and chemicals into the food that will be eaten. One study detected 326,000 to 534,000 microplast

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Helen Pugh @helenpugh@mastodon.online

· 7mo ago

Replying to

@alice@lgbtqia.space disgraceful law!

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