Rachael Z. Miller has found a way to fight the microfibre nightmare, one laundry wash at a time. Creator of the Cora Ball, a device that helps to catch the micro-plastics from your laundry water, Rachael is big on little acts of sustainability.
In today’s episode we talk all things ’global plastics crisis’, zeroing in on micro-plastics. We chat about her incredible invention and how it’s designed to help anyone who wears and washes clothes to reduce microfibre pollution.
Rachael's suggestion for a sustainable laundry package to help lower our footprint:
1. Wash with eco-friendly Soapberries.
2. Use the Cora Ball in each load of washing.
3. Use Wool Dryer Balls in the dryer.
Key points:
™ Throw the Cora Ball into your washing machine and it will catch the microfibres, stopping them going down the drain and ending up in our waterways.
™ The device's design was modelled on coral! Coral feeds by catching little objects as water washes through and past it.
™ The Cora Ball can catch up to 26% of the fibres that would otherwise wash down your drain!
™ If you have a big washing machine Rachael recommends using 2 or 3 balls.
™ Any textile (clothing, bedding, curtains, etc), even natural fibres, is vulnerable to breaking down in the wash into little bits of microfibre.
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