Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. One of the easiest ways to reduce the amount of plastic in ...

The plastic film around laundry detergent pods is supposed to be biodegradable. But typical wastewater-treatment plants don’t offer the optimal conditions for it to actually work; and the material, ...

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While I’m brand-loyal when it comes to some household products, I play the field with laundry detergent. I’ve hopped around from various liquid options over the years, but now that I have to lug a ...

Discarded soda bottles, cigarette butts and fishing nets are some common examples of pollution in the ocean, but our problems with plastic don’t end with the pieces that you see. Laundry cycles see ...

Plastic fibers are prevalent in clothing, shedding millions during laundry and polluting waterways. Solutions include washing less, using cold water, and more. Bottles and bags, food wrappers and ...

Laundry giant’s 2030 Ambition goals center on turning consumers to cold water, exploring carbon capture and reducing virgin plastic — so that ‘every load of laundry does a load of good.’ Tide is on a ...

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Tiny plastic particles are polluting our oceans, where they can stay for centuries, harming sea life and making their way into the human food chain. These microplastics – fragments of plastic smaller ...

People may have to change how often they wash their clothes if we are to seriously tackle the problem of plastic pollution in our environment.