Samsung has launched a new device that is designed to reduce ocean plastics that originate from laundry, the Samsung Less Microfiber Filter, this device is an external filter for your washing machine.

At CES 2023 in January, Samsung hatched a plan to stem the tide of microfibers shed during washing cycles from entering seas and oceans via a special wash program and an external filter. Now that Less ...

A new white paper is urging the European Commission to mandate the installation of filters in new washing machines as the only “effective, near-term solution” to reducing the release of microfibers ...

Microfibers are a massive problem—but could they be a resource, as well? Make no mistake, they’re a health and environmental blight. The mite-sized materials, which form when plastics or textiles ...

Samsung has been showing off its latest home technology at the Samsung Bespoke Life 2023 Event, this includes the new Samsung Less Microfiber Filter which is designed to reduce plastic waste from your ...

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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 ...

Survey reveals widespread concern, willingness to pay more for a built-in solution. In 2014 an ecologist named Mark Browne realized that plastic microfibers, shed from synthetic clothing, were ...