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How One Startup Just Changed Laundry Forever

The world’s first microfiber recycling plant has opened in Cornwall, England, turning a hidden source of pollution into useful materials for construction and packaging. Every time we wash synthetic clothes, thousands of tiny plastic fibers escape into waterways, but this groundbreaking facility captures and recycles them instead of letting them harm marine ecosystems. The Cleaner Seas Group developed a £130 filter system that can be fitted to any washing machine, trapping the microscopic fibers that would otherwise flow into oceans and contaminate the food chain.

Customers who bought these filters can now send them to the Cornwall facility, where the captured microfibers are extracted and transformed into new materials. The plant estimates it can process 86 tonnes of microfibers annually, preventing massive amounts of plastic pollution from entering our waterways. This innovative approach tackles a pollution problem that most people don’t even know exists, offering a simple solution that homeowners can easily adopt. The breakthrough represents a major step toward cleaning up our laundry habits and protecting marine life from the invisible plastic pollution that comes from our clothes.

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