SMRTR Science & EngineeringApr 15, 2026Interesting Engineering

New textile cascade filter removes up to 98.5% of microplastics from wastewater

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German researchers created a three-stage textile filter that removes 98.5% of microplastics from laundry wastewater using progressively finer pores to capture particles down to 1.5 micrometers.

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