A small retrofit device – now sold through some of the major washing machine brands – could keep millions of tonnes of plastic fibres out of rivers and oceans each year. Euronews Earth spoke with Adam ...

University of Waterloo engineers have developed a low-cost, customizable 3D-printed filter that removes up to 90% of ...

CLEVELAND and BLUE HILL, Maine, Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shaw Institute, a nonprofit science research organization, has tested CLEANR's external microplastic filter for washing machines and ...

CLEVELAND, April 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CLEANR today launched a new offering that will enable U.S. universities to significantly reduce their microplastic emissions. Under the program, CLEANR will ...

washing machine. (Photo by: Newscast/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The U.K. climate tech company Matter has joined forces with Europe’s leading washing machine manufacturer to launch a ...

After 10 days, they found that a single filter—which contains more than 10,000 microfibers—can release 63 to 144 microfibers, depending on water movement. Using this data, the researchers estimated ...

Studies detail how everyday loads of laundry, especially those filled with synthetic fabrics like nylon and polyester, shed up to 700,000 microplastic fibers per wash. Most washing machines lack a ...

From tariff skirmishes that echo McKinley’s Gilded Age to microscopic fibers swirling from our washing machines, today’s challenges reveal how politics and science are inseparably entwined. Engineers ...

Software 2026, on October 22. Register for free! Researchers from University of Waterloo have developed a 3D printed water ...

It is well known that discarded cigarette butts release nicotine, heavy metals and other toxins into the environment, including natural water systems. Less understood, however, is what happens to the ...