{"id":228339,"date":"2026-01-04T21:06:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/fish-mouth-filter-removes-99-of-microplastics-from-laundry-waste"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:06:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:06:50","slug":"fish-mouth-filter-removes-99-of-microplastics-from-laundry-waste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/fish-mouth-filter-removes-99-of-microplastics-from-laundry-waste","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fish Mouth\u2019 Filter Removes 99% of Microplastics From Laundry Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/fish-mouth-filter-removes-99-of-microplastics-from-laundry-waste.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ancient evolution of fish mouths could help solve a modern source of plastic pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by these natural filtration systems, scientists in Germany have invented a way to remove 99 percent of plastic particles from water. It\u2019s based on how some fish filter-feed to eat microscopic prey.<\/p>\n<p>The research team has already filed a patent in Germany, and in the future, they hope their creation will help curb a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/7000-microplastics-studies-show-we-have-one-really-big-problem\">ubiquitous form of plastic pollution<\/a> that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/microplastics-from-synthetic-clothes-are-polluting-land-even-more-than-water\">many are unaware of<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ancient evolution of fish mouths could help solve a modern source of plastic pollution. Inspired by these natural filtration systems, scientists in Germany have invented a way to remove 99 percent of plastic particles from water. It\u2019s based on how some fish filter-feed to eat microscopic prey. The research team has already filed a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,1506],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evolution","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228339","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=228339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}