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 ...

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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 ...

Microplastic fibers from synthetic clothing have quietly become one of the most pervasive forms of pollution in rivers, ...

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 ...

Last year they were awarded $5,000 for coming in second in “Venture Track” category of the annual Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition hosted by CWRU’s Veale Institute of Entrepreneurship. They used ...

Recently, the activewear brand Girlfriend Collective introduced a new product that’s a little different from its typical offerings of leggings, sports bras, and sweatpants: a washing-machine filter ...

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 ...

The European Union (EU) has been urged to mandate the fitting of filters in all new washing machines to tackle the growing issue of microplastic pollution. The call has been made in a new whitepaper, ...

Wastewater from household laundry has become a growing focus for scientists studying plastic pollution. Each wash releases ...

Tests show a new washing machine filter cuts polyester microfibres and captures particles down to 20 microns, helping keep plastics out of waterways. (Nanowerk News) A single laundry load containing ...