Better Air Quality in Your House, Are You Sure?

Researchers all over the world are in a race to develop bioplastics to substitute plastic-based materials and let's hope it will soon can finally be used in our daily life. Identification and calculation of real amount of airborne microplastics both indoors and outdoors in Indonesia should be intensified so that we know the real danger that we will face in the future. For industry, creating safe work condition and giving regular medical check-up for workers is obliged. Meanwhile, government intervention to make an ecofriendly policy is really crucial, i.e make a standard of plastic content in fabric materials for clothing and carpet maybe can be a starter.

Eventually, raising public awareness of the ubiquitous and negative impacts of microplastics to the environments is a priority. Everyone with every level education and social status and age should aware about microplastics. Maybe we will not experience the direct impact of microplastics now, but it surely is coming. In terms of indoor airborne microplastics, implementing green lifestyle by reducing the utilization of plastic-based appliances in regular basis will have significant impacts if everyone is willing to do it. Routine clean-up, ventilate, open the window for air exchange, are small things but paramount to have cleaner air indoor.