“Brunch with Babs” strikes again — except this time, instead of sharing how to properly carve and care for fresh pumpkins, Barbara Costello (@brunchwithbabs), the viral grandmother influencer on ...

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 ...

When was the last time you cleaned your washing machine filter? Rest assured that you're not alone if your answer is somewhere between "never" and "Does my washer even have a filter?" While you may ...

Nature may hold the key to cleaning the dirty water from our washing machines. Researchers have turned to fish, whose filtration systems have been perfected over millions of years, to design a simple ...

You’re probably familiar with the lint trap on your dryer, and, ideally, clean it after every load of laundry. But did you know that your washing machine has a filter, too? If that’s news to you, that ...

A single laundry load containing synthetic clothing can release thousands of plastic microfibers from nylon, acrylic and polyester materials. Lab testing of an SA-made washing machine filter at ...

washing machine. (Photo by: Newscast/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The U.K. climate tech company Matter has joined forces with Europe’s leading washing machine manufacturer to launch a ...

Wastewater from washing machines is considered a major source of microplastics—tiny plastic particles that are suspected of harming human and animal health. Researchers at the University of Bonn have ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you have a top-loading washing machine, you are among the majority of Americans who own this type of appliance over a front-loading washing ...

Tiny plastic particles are polluting our oceans, where they can stay for centuries, harming sea life and making their way into the human food chain. These microplastics – fragments of plastic smaller ...