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The Importance of Filters on Washing Machines
"The only way we're going to fix this problem is to just stop producing so much plastic," she says. Microfibers from our clothes break off in a single load of laundry, and then flush out to the ocean. 90% sequestered in sludge, which is human waste applied as fertilizer to fields. "What we need then is filters on washing machines,. Unfortunately, we don't have those in the United States."
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