Government to require microfibre filters in all washing machines, by law, by 2024 says charity. For every load of laundry washed, as many as 700,000 microfibres[1] can flow into our water systems. Across the UK, at least 9.4 trillion fibres could be released into the environment in one week alone[2], with many of them ending up in the ocean and on our beaches. The UK’s leading marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society, is calling on Government to help stop the flow of plastic fibres entering the ocean. The charity is…
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