Microfibre pollution from synthetic clothing is one of the biggest sources of plastic in the oceans. Every time you wash your clothes, garments will shed thin fibres that escape the filtration process ...

From the polar ice cap to the Mariana Trench 10 kilometres below the waves, synthetic microfibres spat out by household washing machines are polluting oceans everywhere. The world has woken up over ...

Tumble-drying clothes releases as many microfibres into the air as washing them does, but switching up your fabric conditioner and using a dryer sheet could drastically cut this. Microfibres are tiny ...

Millions of tonnes of tiny microplastics have been shed from clothing into the environment over the past seven decades or so, according to an analysis of the impact of clothes washing. Between 1950 ...

Fabric conditioner can soften clothes, but it shouldn't be used with certain items, such as towels and some children's ...