But while clothing is the “second-most discarded item of plastic after food packaging,” according to Lisa Erdle, manager of research and innovation at the 5 Gyres Institute, a California-based ...

You probably know by now that when you wash a load of synthetic clothes, like yoga pants or moisture-wicking sweatshirts, tiny bits of them tear loose and flush out to a wastewater treatment facility, ...

The laundry machine can clean your clothes ... and wash microfibers into waterways. If only there was a simple way to collect microfibers before they're flushed away. One solution: Cora Ball. This bit ...

If you've ever grabbed a cloth designed to clean your glasses or computer screen, it's likely you were using a microfiber product (and you've probably used them in a ton of other situations from car ...

Approximately 60% of the clothing we wear consists of synthetic fibers made from plastic including acrylic, nylon, and polyester. These ubiquitous fibers are used in everything from moisture-wicking ...

About 60% of garments around the world are made from oil, which then gets turned into fabrics like polyester, nylon yarn. But when they’re washed, these fabrics release tiny fibers, called microfibers ...

Tiny fragments of plastic in the ocean are consumed by sea anemones along with their food, and bleached anemones retain these microfibers longer than healthy ones, according to new research. The work ...

A study quantifies the presence of textile microfibers in south European marine floors. Researchers analyzed the amount of these colored fibers, which vary between 3 to 8 mm but are extremely fine, ...

Without synthetic, plasticky fabrics, we’d have no yoga pants for yoga-ing, no stretchy socks, no water-wicking sweatshirts. We may wear these plastic-infused clothes once, throw them in the washing ...

Dec. 1 (UPI) --New research suggests it won't be long before socks or a wristband are tracking a variety of vital signs, from a person's heart rate and blood pressure to their cholesterol levels and ...

A recent study found that a single pair of used blue jeans can release, on average, 56,000 microfibers per wash. DigiPub / Getty Images Just one pair of blue jeans sheds a staggering 56,000 ...

Controlled manipulation of fibers that are as thin as or even thinner than human hair is a real challenge. Despite ...