I wore my basic black sweatshirt almost everyday, and washed it 4 times a week. Little did I know that every wash was detrimental to the environment. My sweatshirt swirled in the washing machine, microfibers detached, and then flushed out into the sea. By frequently washing my polyester cotton blend sweatshirt I was unknowingly releasing 490,000 particles of micro plastics per wash, and don’t even get me started on my acrylic shirt! These microfibers then joined the pile of o