Laundry

A large percentage of microplastic pollution takes the form of synthetic microfibers, shed by our clothes as they're being washed. Gulp lets homeowners filter those fibers out of their wash water, keeping them from reaching rivers or the sea.

There's no such thing as laundry day in space because there's no economical way to wash clothes there. To make things a bit less manky, a University of Arizona undergraduate is developing a new system to clean astronauts' clothes and make them last longer while conserving water.

Scientists are looking at how ultrasound can be used to dry laundry. They've already developed technology that they say could make clothes dryers 70 percent more energy-efficient than they are now. ​

Bye Bye Laundry by Lisa Marie Bengtsson are clothes hangers which use activated charcoal to absorb odors, thus preventing the need to wash the garments so often.

A laundry additive created by researchers from the University of Sheffield and the London College of Fashion turns clothing into a photocatalytic material that can help remove nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the air.

Washit is a concept design for one unit that washes both a person and their laundry simultaneously using the same water.

A recent University of Washington study has found hazardous chemicals from scented laundry products in dryer exhaust.