Microfibres are defined as tiny ‘threads’, smaller than 5mm, that break off from textiles through the everyday acts of wearing and laundering garments and textiles.
Estimates suggest that every year more than half a million tons of microfibres are released into the world’s oceans simply from washing our clothing, while microfibres from synthetic textiles (known as microplastics) are one of the biggest sources of microplastic pollution in the world’s oceans, contaminating the entire planet from the summit of Mount Everest to the depths of the Mariana Trench.
In order to address this significant environmental problem, Xeros Technology developed a washing machine filtration device - XFilter - which captures over 80 per cent of the microfibres shed during garment laundering and prevents their release into the world’s oceans.
XFilter lasts the lifetime of a washing machine and allows users to place the captured microfibres directly into a bin to be disposed...