Washing Machines: Water Filters

(asked on 2nd February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring manufacturers to fit microplastic-catching filters to new (a) domestic and (b) commercial washing machines.


Answered by
Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 9th February 2022

Defra is undertaking a rapid evidence assessment to understand the costs, benefits and efficiencies of incorporating filters to trap microfibres from textiles during the laundry cycle. The aim of the review will help us determine whether the filters offer a cost-effective measure to reduce inputs of microfibres to our wastewater (sewage) treatment systems and the wider water environment.

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