Portsmouth tests Cleaner Seas filters for cruise hotel
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- University of Portsmouth leads the research, testing industrial filtration to reduce microfiber release from large‑scale laundry.
- Cleaner Seas Group supplies the filtration technology, already deployed in commercial settings to capture microplastics.
- Cruise and hotel laundry operations are identified as a hidden source of ocean microfibers, driving the need for mitigation.
Why it matters: Marine organisms ingest microfibers from cruise and hotel laundry, leading to health impacts.
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