Early trials suggest that borrowing from filter-feeding fish anatomy could help curb plastic pollution upstream.

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 ...

"During food intake, the water flows through the permeable funnel wall, is filtered, and the particle-free water is then released back into the environment via the gills," explains functional ...

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 ...

Wastewater from household laundry has become a growing focus for scientists studying plastic pollution. Each wash releases countless synthetic fibers that are too small to see but difficult to contain ...

The PRecycling project aims to recover high-quality polymeric materials enabling up to 100% recycled content incorporation in ...