Microplastic fibers from synthetic clothing have quietly become one of the most pervasive forms of pollution in rivers, ...
Studies have long identified washing machines as a major contributor to microplastics, with fibers shedding from clothing ...
Your laundry is shedding more than just lint. Washing machine wastewater is one of the top sources of microplastics, with a single unit in a four-person household producing up to 500 grams a year as ...
A California bill is looking to make oceans cleaner by requiring new washing machines to filter microfibers from their emissions, a move designed to stop microfibers from falling off clothes and ...
Campaigners have called on the British government to make it a legal requirement that all new washing machines are fitted with microplastic filters. In an open letter to environment secretary George ...