When synthetic textiles are washed, small fibrous particles break off due to mechanical and chemical stresses. The microfibres are released into wastewater streams and travel into oceans, polluting the sea life which ingest them. Not only does consumption of these particles affect the marine animal’s ability to feed and reproduce, the microfibres gradually work their way up the food chain and are a risk to human health.

C-Filter is the first microfibre filtration system to target the marine environment. With many solutions aimed at stopping the fibres from reaching the ocean, none focus on the fibres which have already made their journey there.

C-filter marries together passive and active filtration to create a 2-tier filtration system which effectively collects microfibres on a macro scale. Powered by renewable energy sources, the system can be implemented in multiple locations and is fully submersible to target zones with higher densities of microfibres, maximising capture.