Independent test results
Since the very first day, PlanetCare team has been driven by our commitment to provide efficient, practical and affordable solutions that will allow every household to stop sending microfibres into the environment.
It is not enough that we believe our filters are efficient. We have had them tested for their fibre retention ability by internal procedures as well as by independent third parties. In all cases rigorous scientific procedures were used. An important part of this strategy was to employ independent, scientific, state-of-the-art testing all along the way. Results from these tests (and many, many internal tests including constant use in our own homes) have helped us to develop a market leading product that is now offered to our customers and comes with an efficiency guarantee.
Politecnico di Torino: PlanetCare caught the most microfibres.
In a peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, researchers compared three washing-machine filters. PlanetCare held back the most fibres, slowed the water the least and barely clogged.
Tested by independent labs since 2017
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Test of PlanetCare microfiber filter generation 3.1.
Washing machine manufacturer
Test of 1st generation PlanetCare microfiber filter. Manufacturer is unnamed (NDA).
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Test of 3rd generation PlanetCare microfiber filter
National Research Council
Test of 2nd generation PlanetCare microfiber filter by Institute for polymers, composites and biomaterials.
National Institute of Chemistry
Test of 1st generation PlanetCare microfiber filter.
Endless testing is performed in our lab and in our homes
Unlike external efficiency tests we combine efficiency with durability tests and go even beyond 30 consecutive washing cycles. Apart from following fiber retention our testing station simultaneously measures water flow, machine functions and pressure drops in real time.
Our filters will continue to be tested and improved so that we can provide the best and most efficient solution to all that wish to reduce plastic pollution of our planet.