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

"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 ...

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 ...

With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

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 ...

Companies and other entities are buying “plastic credits” allowing them to offset every ton of plastic they make with an equivalent amount of plastic waste collected and taken out of the environment ...

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