It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Charles Rolsky

Microfibre Pollution / Pods

18 March 2024

7 minutes

A bill dubbed “Pods Are Plastic”—proposed a ban on dishwashing and laundry detergent pods coated in polyvinyl alcohol, or PVA, a type of plastic that disintegrates when submerged in water. Laundry and soap companies have long argued that the PVA coating is totally safe and 100% biodegradable, but proponents of the bill say that neither of those claims is true.

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The Pods Are Plastic bill faces uncertain prospects in the New York City Council. If it does pass, however, it will only go a short way toward mitigating laundry-related microplastic pollution.

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