When disposable contacts were first released I said it seemed like they would just contribute to pollution at an even greater rate than regular contacts. Several people said to me, “Come on, contacts are so tiny.” I pointed out that they individual contacts are tiny, but add up all the people buying contacts they’d wear once then throw away every single day and they become a big problem.
I never thought about the pollution potential of micro-beads. Then again it sounds like no one else did either.
