Survey reveals widespread concern, willingness to pay more for a built-in solution. In 2014 an ecologist named Mark Browne realized that plastic microfibers, shed from synthetic clothing, were ...
A new white paper is urging the European Commission to mandate the installation of filters in new washing machines as the only “effective, near-term solution” to reducing the release of microfibers ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's a dirty little secret lurking in your laundry. A single load of laundry sends 15 million microfibers through our waterways. Microfibers are tiny little strands of plastic that ...
Samsung has launched its Less Microfiber filter, aiming to reduce plastic microfiber emissions during laundry cycles. The washing machine external filter stops microplastics entering the ocean, ...
When you hear the word “microfiber,” you probably think of the now-ubiquitous reusable cloths used for cleaning floors, wiping up spills and polishing countertops. For environmentalists, however, that ...
Years before Samsung and others started tackling microplastic from machine washes escaping into the environment, there was Slovenia-based PlanetCare. Now the company has announced its ...
The company behind some of Europe's leading home appliance brands has unveiled the world's first washing machine with a built-in microplastic filter. Arcelik, the parent company of Beko and Grundig, ...
Tiny plastic particles are polluting our oceans, where they can stay for centuries, harming sea life and making their way into the human food chain. These microplastics – fragments of plastic smaller ...
About 15% of the microplastics polluting our oceans can be traced back to synthetic fabrics. In washing machines, microfibers shed off of polyester and other clothing materials, then head to ...
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