Designed to mitigate against emerging global environmental water pollution
Micro plastics are ideal hosting grounds for contaminants and heavy metals to leech on. When these particles are ingested by organisms, contaminants can be easily transferred over and affect us down the food chain.
Synthetic fibres are evidently the largest source of micro plastics. One synthetic shirt releases more than 1,900 tiny plastic bits with every single wash. Imagine how many times you wash that shirt in a year… and that is just one piece out of your entire wardrobe.
Unfortunately, more than 60% of our clothes are made of synthetic material, yet existing washing machine filters are not able to capture these tiny fibres (0.33 - 5mm)
Devised from cactus mucilage, a natural coagulant, it has a bio-adhesive property and could effectively remove 98% of bacteria. It captures micorplastics onto its surface from laundry wastewater before it is released into the ocean.
The device is inserted beneath the rim of a front loading washing machine, a commonly stained area in the machine. Coming into contact with the laundry water and captures the micro-plastics onto the surface.
