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 ...

Fish gills may inspire an unexpected solution to one of our biggest sources of microplastics. According to researchers at Germany’s University of Bonn, taking a cue from the animals’ filtration ...

Researchers at the University of Bonn have developed a new filter designed to remove microplastics from washing machine wastewater. The filter, which is patent-pending, was inspired by the gill arch ...

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