CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland-based startup that has developed technology to filter microplastics from the wash cycle has ...

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 ...

Although dust is inevitable, there are many ways to minimize the build-up of dust in your home, such as cleaning in the right ...

European Union policymakers are watching their wash — especially the impact of shedded microfibers. A white paper released Monday by nonprofits A Plastic Planet and 5 Gyres Institute, as well as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 fabrics that fill our homes, from natural cotton towels and bedsheets, to clothes produced with synthetic materials, ...

Plastic pollution is a global environmental issue that needs no introduction — the very words conjure images of plastic bags washed up along shorelines and floating lagoons of plastic debris choking ...

There’s often one glaring omission in any conversation about microfiber pollution: the half of them that are cotton is rarely discussed. Long lionized for its status as a “natural” fiber that’s safer ...