plastic
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Wastewater from washing machines is widely seen as a major source of microplastics -- tiny plastic particles suspected of harming both people and animals.
From Science Daily
In early tests, the patent-pending device removed more than 99 percent of plastic fibers from washing machine wastewater.
From Science Daily
The resulting plastic pellet could then be removed every few dozen washes and thrown away with general waste.
From Science Daily
In his interview with the French magazine earlier this year, he attributed a “rapid drop in sperm concentration in men in many regions of the world” in part to plastic pollution, calling it a threat “to our survival.”
The Trusts say this year was bookended by environmental disasters, with a collision between an oil tanker and a container ship in the North Sea in March spilling huge quantities of plastic resin pellets, and nearly 4.5 tonnes of bio-beads released from a water treatment plant in Sussex in November.
From BBC
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