{"id":228308,"date":"2026-01-03T17:10:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/washing-machine-filter-captures-microfibers-as-small-as-20-micrometers-in-size"},"modified":"2026-01-03T17:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:10:57","slug":"washing-machine-filter-captures-microfibers-as-small-as-20-micrometers-in-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/washing-machine-filter-captures-microfibers-as-small-as-20-micrometers-in-size","title":{"rendered":"Washing machine filter captures microfibers as small as 20 micrometers in size"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/washing-machine-filter-captures-microfibers-as-small-as-20-micrometers-in-size.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A single laundry load containing synthetic clothing can release thousands of plastic microfibers from nylon, acrylic and polyester materials. Lab testing of an SA-made washing machine filter at Flinders University shows it can be a useful new way to help protect waterways from polyester and other synthetic microparticles.<\/p>\n<p>Flinders researchers are also developing a novel approach to enhance <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2025-12-fish-filter-microplastics-machine-wastewater.html?utm_source=embeddings&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=internal\" rel=\"related\">nanoplastic capture<\/a> on cellulose filters using a plasma polymer coating.<\/p>\n<p>Microplastics are plastic particles less than 5 mm wide, and they break down further to nanoparticles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A single laundry load containing synthetic clothing can release thousands of plastic microfibers from nylon, acrylic and polyester materials. Lab testing of an SA-made washing machine filter at Flinders University shows it can be a useful new way to help protect waterways from polyester and other synthetic microparticles. Flinders researchers are also developing a novel [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanotechnology","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}