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 ...
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 ...
At CES 2023 in January, Samsung hatched a plan to stem the tide of microfibers shed during washing cycles from entering seas and oceans via a special wash program and an external filter. Now that Less ...
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 ...
PlanetCare's filter is easily installed on the outside of a washing machine. Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the ...
Samsung has launched a new device that is designed to reduce ocean plastics that originate from laundry, the Samsung Less Microfiber Filter, this device is an external filter for your washing machine.
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, ...
The Marine Conservation Society's 'Stop Ocean Threads' campaign is calling for the UK Government to write the use of the filters into law by the year 2024. However, the charity is also lobbying ...
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 ...