Clothes dryers may be a major source of airborne microplastics
Clothes dryers may be a major source of airborne microplastics
Scientists thought washing machines were a leading contributor of microplastics. Now it appears dryers may be an even bigger problem.
Clothes dryers may be a major source of airborne microplastics
Frontiers Estimated discharge of microplastics via urban stormwater during individual rain events
Residential houses — a major point source of microplastic pollution: insights on the various sources, their transport, transformation, and toxicity behaviour
High temporal resolution records of outdoor and indoor airborne microplastics
Tumble dryers shed hundreds of tonnes of microfibres into waterways
FEATURE: Halting the rising tide of microplastic pollution
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Tumble Dryers Spew Microfibers Into Surrounding Air
Microfibers Released into the Air from a Household Tumble Dryer
Tumble dryers are a 'major source of plastic pollution' and can discharge 120 million tiny fibres a year
Why washing clothes in cold water is better for the environment - The Washington Post
