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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

Laundromats are an important source of airborne microfibers, according to a new study. The fix could be as simple as installing an extra filter on clothes dryers to trap the fibers, another study ...