Campaign #2: “Open Call: Polyester Clothing”

Join us in turning the tide on polyester microfibers

To be able to collecct 50 kg of polyester clothing for our photo shoot, we warmly invite you to contibute. We aim at sending a strong and memorable message to the public, and decision-makers in the industry and politics.

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HOW YOU CAN CONtrIBUTE

Three easy steps…

  1. Find any blue, green, white or gray polyester clothing you no longer need. Important: the fabric should be 100% polyester (zippers etc. can, of course, be made from other materials) and one of the specified colors.
  2. Take a picture of your hands holding the fabric.  Share it in Social Media, with #UnderOurSkin

WIll YOU JOIN US?

Share it in Social Media, with #UnderOurSkin as a hashtag. Tag Ocean. Now! (IG: @ocean.now, FB: @ActionForOcean)

3. Send the clothes via mail (tip: Warensendung) to this address:  Meike Schützek, Danneckerstr. 8, 10245 Berlin.

Send us a message (info@ocean-now.org and we will reimburse the postage.

This Open Call ends on September 14, 2024. We can still accept packages until this date, but not after September 15.

The Problem about polyester

The main issue about polyester is that it is a petroleum-based material that hardly degrades and that is potentially is toxic for living organisms. View more scientific details here.

Our positioning is based on the precautionary principle from the field of environmental law: an increase of synthetic microfibers  should be avoided at all costs.

Politics – status quo

With our campaign we contribute to SDG14 – “Life Below Water”. At EU level, the EU Green Deal has set the target of releasing 30% less microplastics into the environment by 2030. With the Ecodesign Regulation and the Circular Economy Action Plan, more focus will be placed on the recyclability and ecological design of products in future. Implementation at country level will take place over the next few years. But progress towards quantifiable targets has been slow.

We hope that the new EU government will at least continue the progressive trend, if not exacerbate it. We ask decision-makers in business and politics to take on their responsibility, drive the processes on EU-level and be a pioneer in phasing out polyester in fashion.

Thank you for helping us spread the word

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