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Earth Day: Battling microfibre pollution one laundry at a time

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Last updated: 23/04/2025
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Rachael Z. Miller, founding father of the Vermont-based Rozalia Mission for a Clean Ocean, tosses a Cora Ball, on 17April 2025.
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Plastic is all over the place, along with within the attire that we wear every day. As we celebrate Earth Day on Tuesday, individuals worldwide contemplate ways to decrease their impact on the planet. 

Some individuals are taking the battle against plastic legal to our closets, care for Rachael Z. Miller, the founding father of Rozalia Mission for a Clean Ocean.

“Most of the clothing that we all wear is made out of synthetic or plastic-based materials. That may come as a surprise to people who kind of think about cotton t-shirts and wool and things like that, but the way it’s all evolved is that the majority of our clothing is synthetic and the majority of that is polyester”, she explained.

Artificial fibres account for about two-thirds of production worldwide, but they are also a substantial cause of global plastic pollution.

When synthetic garments are faded, washed and build thru the dryer, they shed puny pieces of fibres. These microfibres finally turn out in local waterways that join to the ocean. Marine animals eat them, and that can pass plastic to larger animals and humans.

At the individual stage, clear-reduce changes care for washing attire much less and the exhaust of frigid water instead of scorching can aid decrease the shedding of fibres. 

Rachael Z. Miller has another idea. Inspired by the way that coral filters the ocean, she invented the Cora Ball.  This laundry ball can be tossed into the washing machine to avoid attire banging into each assorted and breaking too notable fibre. 

“The Cora Ball is designed to protect our ocean and our public waterways by preventing the problem of microfiber pollution”, Miller said.

She added, “the Cora Ball does this two ways: One, it helps prevent shedding in the washing machine in the first place by keeping our clothes apart, and that helps our clothes last longer. And when some fibre breaks off, it helps by collecting some of that before it can wash out the drain.” 

Beyond individual solutions care for the Cora Ball, the textile trade must shift towards a extra sustainable production mannequin to decrease its climate impact, according to the United Nations Atmosphere Programme. 

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