Green washing: Microplastic-filtering washing machine to go on sale next year

Michael Holder
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Turkish home appliances giant Arçelik claims its technology can prevent more than 90 per cent of clothing microfibers from polluting water resources

Washing machines designed to prevent millions of microplastic fibres shed by clothing from polluting oceans and waterways are gearing up to hit the market next year, thanks to a new technology that global...

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