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THE FILTROL CATCH RATE

GEORGIAN BAY FOREVER- PARRY SOUND PILOT STUDY

Those with GBF installed filters in 97 homes in a small town, representing approximately 10% of households connected to the municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). They evaluated treated final effluent and found a significant reduction in microfibers after filter installation. Furthermore, lint samples from filters revealed an average weekly lint capture of 6.4 g, equivalent to 179,200–2,707,200 microfibers.

Washing Machine

Microfiber pollution

ROCHMAN LAB MICROFIBER POLLUTANT BRIEF

Research indicates that the largest documented source of environmental microfibers is commercial and domestic laundry machines – with the massive volume of synthetic fibers flushed into the ecosystem needing a viable, manageable, scalable solution that is supported by policy and management support

SEE PARRY SOUND PILOT STUDY FINDINGS

DOMESTIC LAUNDRY POLLUTANTS

An exhaustive and well-documented study of microfiber pollution from a variety of synthetic and natural consumer apparel textile samples, as they are shed during the laundry process and essentially irretrievable upon release into the ecosystem.

Laundry

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