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XFiltra rated best laundry microparticle filter
XFiltra rated best laundry microparticle filter.
About this update from Xeros Technology Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 1246T\n Xeros Technology Group plc\n 16 July 2020\n \n \n \n \n Xeros Technology Group plc\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Xeros XFiltra rated best laundry microparticle filter \n \n \n \n \n \n Xeros Technology Group plc (AIM: XSG, 'Xeros', 'the Group'), the developer and provider of water saving and filtration technologies with multiple commercial and domestic applications, is pleased to announce that XFiltraTM, the Company's filtration technology designed to prevent the release of microplastics from laundry, has been independently verified by scientists at the University of Plymouth as being a leading device for reducing microplastic pollution released from washing machines.\n \n \n \n \n \n Xeros' in-machine filtration technology, XFiltra, was tested at the University's Marine Litter Research Institute, alongside products from other companies to measure their relative effectiveness at capturing microfibres, released from clothes during wash cycles, and preventing their subsequent release in wastewater.\n \n \n \n \n \n The published data states that XFiltra performed significantly better than all other products evaluated. The tests, which were designed to capture microfibres in a mixed wash of synthetic and synthetic/cotton blend garments, show that XFiltra captured 78% of microfibres released during each wash cycle.\n \n \n \n \n \n Similar tests conducted by Xeros on purely synthetic garments, under independently verified protocols, show that XFiltra captures over 90% of the microplastic fibres released from them.\n \n \n \n \n \n The University of Plymouth test data has been peer reviewed and is published today in the journal Science of The Total Environment.\n \n \n \n \n \n Around 500,000 tonnes of microplastics flow into the world's oceans every year from washing clothes and textiles containing synthetic fibres, accounting for 35% of all primary microplastics entering the ocean[1].\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Mark Nichols\n \n , CEO Xeros commented: \"The pollution of our rivers and oceans with discarded plastic waste is happening at an alarming rate. It's harming wildlife and our precious and finely balanced ecosystems, with microplastics from washing our clothes being a significant source of contamination.\n \n \n \n \n \n \"XFiltra was developed with...