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[aeide-thea]

06-07-23 Why Patagonia helped Samsung redesign the washing machine

Samsung is releasing a wash cycle and a new filter, which will dramatically shrink microfiber pollution.

Eight years ago, Patagonia started to study a little-known environmental problem: With every load of laundry, thousands (even millions) of microfibers, each less than 5 millimeters long, wash down the drain. Some are filtered out at water treatment plants, but others end up in the ocean, where fibers from synthetic fabric make up a surprisingly large amount of plastic pollution—35%, by one estimate. Fragments of your favorite sweatshirt might now be floating in the Arctic Ocean. In a collaboration that began two years ago, the company helped inspire Samsung to tackle the problem by rethinking its washing machines. Today, Samsung unveiled its solution: A new filter that can be added to existing washers and used along with a “Less Microfiber” cycle that Samsung also designed. The combination makes it possible to shrink microfiber pollution by as much as 98%.

[…] Patagonia’s team connected Samsung with Ocean Wise, a nonprofit that tests fiber shedding among its mission to protect and restore our oceans. Samsung shipped some of its machines to Ocean Wise’s lab in Vancouver, where researchers started to study how various parameters change the results. Cold water and less agitation helped—but both of those things can also make it harder to get clothing clean. “There are maybe two ways of increasing the performance of your washing machine,” says Moohyung Lee, executive vice president and head of R&D at Samsung, through an interpreter. “Number one is to use heated water. That will obviously increase your energy consumption, which is a problem. The second way to increase the performance of your washing machine is to basically create stronger friction between your clothes . . . and this friction and abrasion of the fibers is what results in the output of microplastics.” Samsung had already developed a technology called “EcoBubble” to improve the performance of cold-water cycles to help save energy, and it tweaked the technology to specifically tackle microfiber pollution. “It helps the detergent dissolve more easily in water so that it foams better, which means that you don’t need to heat up your water as much, and you don’t need as much mechanical friction, but you still have a high level of performance,” Lee says. The new “Less Microfiber” cycle, which anyone with a Samsung washer can download as an update for their machine, can reduce microfiber pollution by as much as 54%. To tackle the remainder, the company designed a filter that can be added to existing washers at the drain pipe, with pores tiny enough to capture fibers. They had to balance two conflicting needs: They wanted to make it as simple as possible to use, so consumers didn’t have to continually empty the filter, but it was also critical that the filter wouldn’t get clogged, potentially making water back up and the machine stop working. The final design compresses the microfibers, so it only has to be emptied once a month, and sends an alert via an app when it needs to be changed. Eventually, in theory, the fibers that are collected could potentially be recycled into new material rather than put in the trash. (Fittingly, the filter itself is also made from recycled plastic.) When OceanWise tested the cycle and filter together, they confirmed that it nearly eliminated microfiber pollution. Now, Samsung’s challenge is to get consumers to use it. The filter, which is designed to be easily installed on existing machines, is launching now in Korea and will launch in the U.S. and Europe later this year. The cost will vary by market, but will be around $150 in the U.S. The cycle, which began to roll out last year, can be automatically installed on WiFi-connected machines.

[running-in-the-dark]

we've only had our new washing machine for four days and I've already done laundry more times than in the past two years combined 🙃

[yellobb]

I went outside and tried to make a snowman. The snow’s not the right consistency for it, but I made some snowballs and kicked the snow around and I feel more alive than I have in ages

[writernotyetauthor]

My hetalia crackship is Lithuania x modern laundry machines/dishwaters/literally anything that does housework for you

[trivialbob]

The new washing machine has a moon roof. In the left picture you're looking through it.

Hearing and seeing the clothes get clean -- it's aural and visual happiness. Front loaders have the window too, but I hate that style of washer.

The previous washer didn't have an agitator. Industrial machines at the laundromat have one, and my old washing machines decades ago, also had the central screw-like device. It makes my clothes cleaner, I'm sure of it. But not having an agitator means the machine can better hold bedding. And I do like to wash my quilts and comforters.

This new machine has a "Sometimes you feel like a nut / Sometimes you don't" flexibility. The agitator post is fuckin'-A removable! That's what you're seeing in the right picture.

After the delivery guys left I read the owners manual, then did three loads of laundry. I wasn't really far behind, but I sorted the clothes into three sections so I could try out different settings.

[sharkjumpers]

I'm about to speedrun so much laundry tonight and or tomorrow

[the-gayest-sky-kid]

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[mumblelard]

rita or not today, monday

[discountalien-pancake]

Fun fact! Linen is very, very, very water absorbent. This is why it is lovely to wear in hot weather. What it also means is that it gets really fucking heavy when wet and it is impossible to effectively wring dry, especially in large quantities.

I, being a bastard and a fool, decided to prewash my linen lawn by hand. My 5yds of linen weighed less than a pound when dry. It probably weighed around 10lbs when I yote it into the dryer. And mind you, this was after I wrung it as dry as I could by hand.

So friends, just know that if you write a laundry worker into your pre-industrial fantasy, they’ve got arms that could break rocks.

[lilyaceofdiamonds]

i fucking hate smart tech so much why do i need a phone app to do my fucking laundry this is such bullshit

[butchbaddie]

Legs are fr my weakness

[supercantaloupe]

i've GOT to stream the 2017 aix don g at some point

[trivialbob]

It’s been about 10 days since I’ve been without a washing machine. Doing a few loads of laundry at a nearby laundromat hasn’t been awful. It doesn’t take long either. The heavy duty machines are fast. I bring the damp, clean clothes home to my dryer or clothesline.

That doesn’t mean I want to do it forever.

I ordered the new washer right after the old one broke and found the repair estimate too high. Buying a new one became my preferred choice. Plus I just wanted something different.

The interminable wait for delivery sucks.

Today is the delivery day! I was assigned a three-hour window. That’s no problem because I’m at home today. I moved both cars into the street. Our jackets got moved away from the top of the stairway down to the basement. I have made sure the path from truck to space next to the dryer is as clear as possible -- so there’s nothing else to delay the installation of my new washing machine.

This afternoon I’ve set aside time to read the manual cover-to-cover. I don’t want to risk not learning about some setting or feature that I will find useful.

[gworlinterrupted]

garfisms volume 2 is hot off the presses!