Rozalia Project

Cora Ball: Washing Fleece Without Guilt

Roddy Scheer Cora Ball, Coral, corwdfund, crowdfunding, food chain, fuzz, gyre, Kickstarter, laundry, lint, non-profit, ocean, plastic, plastics, reef, Rozalia Project, sea, upcycle

The Rozalia Project’s Cora Ball works in any washing machine by catching plastic microfibers so they can’t flow out with the drain water.

EarthTalk

Is Polyester Fleece Trashing Our Oceans?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Algalita, Charles Moore, fleece, garbage, gyre, marine ecosystems, microfiber, microplastic, nylon, oceans, Patagonia, patch, plastic, polyester, recycling, Rozalia Project, waste

Polyester fleece clothing sure is cozy and comfy, but it just may be trashing our oceans by shedding microfibers in our washing machines that are too small for wastewater treatment facilities to filter out.