Matter Industries founder Adam Root has developed a filter to trap microfibres at home and on an industrial scale. But is it just a drop in the ocean?

Mesh filtration specialists GKD Group has partnered with CLEANR, a developer of advanced microplastics filtering technologies, to help washing machine manufacturers meet emerging regulations aimed at ...

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 ...

CLEANR Marketing Director Katie Dovan demonstrates the vortex filter to an attendee at the company's product launch on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Case Western Reserve University is set to install filters ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland-based startup that has developed technology to filter microplastics from the wash cycle has expanded its presence at Case Western Reserve University. After a successful ...

CLEVELAND — In the waters of Lake Erie is a small, but abundant threat. Microplastics, plastic particles under 5 millimeters in size. A major source? Doing the laundry. "Really that was our mission ...

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 ...

Microplastics are so widespread that they’ve been found everywhere from oceans and farmland to human blood and lungs. But for ...

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 ...