“Brunch with Babs” strikes again — except this time, instead of sharing how to properly carve and care for fresh pumpkins, Barbara Costello (@brunchwithbabs), the viral grandmother influencer on ...

A single laundry load containing synthetic clothing can release thousands of plastic microfibers from nylon, acrylic and ...

Every time we wash our clothes, tiny plastic fibers are released into the water. These fibers come mainly from synthetic ...

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 ...

Tests show a new washing machine filter cuts polyester microfibres and captures particles down to 20 microns, helping keep ...

Researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany have developed a bio-inspired filter for washing machines that can remove ...

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 ...

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 ...

An environmental crisis is brewing in your washing machine. We’re all familiar with macroplastic pollution — the big stuff like soda bottles that litter our streets and parks. But microplastic ...

Washing machines release massive amounts of microplastics into the environment, mostly from worn clothing fibers. Researchers ...