Make your laundry routine more sustainable with
THE SUSTAINABLE LAUNDRY GUIDE
Packed with easy to use washing tips and tricks, this guide will help you leave a smaller footprint in nature.
Clean clothes = Dirty environment
High temperatures, long cycles, machine drying, toxic detergents in plastic packaging … Love for clean clothes comes with a high environmental price tag.
Washing, drying and ironing produce around a quarter of the carbon footprint in clothes’ lifecycle. But that's only half of the problem. Synthetic clothing is the main cause of microplastic pollution in the oceans.
PlanetCare focuses on reducing microfiber pollution from laundry!
60%
of textiles today are made from synthetic (plastic) fibers.
700.000
synthetic microfibers are released during an average laundry load.
FOOD
and drinking water already contain microplastics.
HEALTH
Microplastics have been found practically everywhere in our bodies.
Our vision
is that in the future all washing machines will be equipped with efficient filters that will automatically stop fibres.
PlanetCare's microfibre filters were developed to stop the harmful and widespread microplastics pollution.
We believe this source of pollution can and should be prevented and that the washing machine is the most convenient place to stop it.
PlanetCare microfibre filters have been independently tested and proven to stop 98% of microfibres.
This makes PlanetCare the best solution available on the market.
Ways to stop microplastic pollution
Besides installing an efficient microfiber filter, there are quite a few things you can do to reduce microfiber pollution from washing:
✅ Choose more clothes made from natural fibers such as cotton, wool, or linen.
✅ Take good care of your clothes: mend them, and buy new clothes less often. Researchers found that new clothing sheds more fibers than older.
✅ Wash your clothes at lower temperatures, and only when really necessary.
✅ Always make sure you only wash full loads.
Thank you
for caring about making oceans plastic-free again!