Your Laundry Routine Could Be Causing Plumbing Issues: Here’s How

Every load of laundry carries hair, lint, fabric fibers, and detergent residue into your plumbing. Over time, that buildup can lead to clogged pipes and added strain on septic systems.
Are Microplastics Contributing to Antibiotic Resistance?

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time. Emerging research is suggesting that microplastics are contributing to the problem.
Lake Erie and the Microplastics Problem: How Ohio Can Lead the Way

Lake Eerie has one of the highest concentrations of microplastics globally, and it could take over 10 years to fix the problem.
New Research Finds Microplastics in 90% of Prostate Cancer Tumors

Tiny fragments of plastic are turning up where no one expected them: inside prostate tumors.
CLEANR Named as 2026 CES Innovation Awards® Home Appliance Honoree

As CES® 2026 gets underway in Las Vegas this week, we’re proud to announce that CLEANR for Washing Machines has been named a CES Innovation Awards® 2026 Honoree for Home Appliances!
CLEANR Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 – Energy & Green Tech

Honored by Forbes for advancing solutions to one of today’s most overlooked pollution sources.
CWRU Alumni Lead Campus Effort to Reduce Microplastics from Laundry

The Land recently highlighted an initiative led by Case Western Reserve University alumni at CLEANR to address microplastic pollution at its source in campus laundry rooms.
New 2026 Study Shows Microplastics Are Most Concentrated in Foods Nobody Expected

What you think is the safest part of your diet may actually contain the most microplastics.
Scandinavian Water Technology AB Adopts CLEANR’s Award-Winning Filtration Technology to Help Combat Microplastic Pollution from Commercial Laundry

CLEANR’s nature-inspired VORTX filter now enables SWATAB’s commercial systems to remove over 90% of microplastics from laundry wastewater.
Case Western Reserve University Rolls Out 100 CLEANR Filters On Campus

CLEANR is featured on Cleveland.com for the rollout of 100 CLEANR Filters across 23 dorms at Case Western Reserve University.