A new white paper is urging the European Commission to mandate the installation of filters in new washing machines as the only “effective, near-term solution” to reducing the release of microfibers ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. As environmental challenges go, microfiber pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a ...

Vancouver, B.C. November 15, 2022 – Microfibers, small bits of fibers similar to those found in our clothes, are a type of microplastic found to be pervasive in even the most pristine environments, ...

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 ...

The UK's laundry releases microfibers weighing the equivalent of up to 1,500 double-decker buses in microfibers every year, according to new research. The UK's laundry releases microfibres weighing ...