Xeros Technology Group plc XFiltra rated best laundry microparticle filter (1246T)
July 16 2020 - 2:05AM
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Xeros Technology Group plc
16 July 2020
Xeros Technology Group plc
Xeros XFiltra rated best laundry microparticle filter
Xeros Technology Group plc (AIM: XSG, 'Xeros', 'the Group'), the
developer and provider of water saving and filtration technologies
with multiple commercial and domestic applications, is pleased to
announce that XFiltra(TM) , the Company's filtration technology
designed to prevent the release of microplastics from laundry, has
been independently verified by scientists at the University of
Plymouth as being a leading device for reducing microplastic
pollution released from washing machines.
Xeros' in-machine filtration technology, XFiltra, was tested at
the University's Marine Litter Research Institute, alongside
products from other companies to measure their relative
effectiveness at capturing microfibres, released from clothes
during wash cycles, and preventing their subsequent release in
wastewater.
The published data states that XFiltra performed significantly
better than all other products evaluated. The tests, which were
designed to capture microfibres in a mixed wash of synthetic and
synthetic/cotton blend garments, show that XFiltra captured 78% of
microfibres released during each wash cycle.
Similar tests conducted by Xeros on purely synthetic garments,
under independently verified protocols, show that XFiltra captures
over 90% of the microplastic fibres released from them.
The University of Plymouth test data has been peer reviewed and
is published today in the journal Science of The Total
Environment.
Around 500,000 tonnes of microplastics flow into the world's
oceans every year from washing clothes and textiles containing
synthetic fibres, accounting for 35% of all primary microplastics
entering the ocean [1] .
Mark Nichols , CEO Xeros commented: "The pollution of our rivers
and oceans with discarded plastic waste is happening at an alarming
rate. It's harming wildlife and our precious and finely balanced
ecosystems, with microplastics from washing our clothes being a
significant source of contamination.
"XFiltra was developed with the objective of eliminating this
form of pollution and with the belief that every household and
commercial washing machine needs to be fitted with low cost, easy
to use filtration.
"We're delighted that the efficiency of our filtration
technology has now been confirmed by independent researchers as a
world leading solution which provides every washing machine
manufacturer with the ability to make a major contribution to the
sustainability of garment lifecycles and our planet."
ENDS
Xeros Technology Group plc Tel: 0114 321
Mark Nichols, Chief Executive Officer 6328
Paul Denney, Chief Financial Officer
finnCap Limited (Nominated Adviser, Broker) Tel: 020 7220
Julian Blunt / Teddy Whiley, Corporate Finance 0570
Andrew Burdis, ECM
Notes to Editors
Xeros Technology Group plc develops and licenses platform
technologies which transform the sustainability, performance and
economics of water intensive industrial and commercial
processes.
Xeros' patented XOrb(TM) technologies significantly reduce the
amount of water used in the dyeing, finishing or laundering of soft
substrates such as garments and fabrics. They enable the remaining
water to become far more efficient and effective in either affixing
or removing molecules, the result being improvements in economic,
operational, product and sustainability outcomes. The Group is
applying its technology in the fields of apparel manufacturing,
tanning and commercial and domestic laundry.
Xeros' XDrum(TM) technology is a patented, simple, low cost
machine drum design which enables XOrbs to be introduced into and
subsequently removed from process cycles in Xeros' chosen fields.
The design provides Original Equipment Manufacturers ('OEMs') with
the ability to make simple and low-cost changes in their products
to incorporate the Company's XOrb technology.
The Group has signed multiple license agreements for its XDrum
and XOrb products in major commercial and domestic markets.
XFiltra(TM) is a proprietary in-machine filtration technology
which prevents harmful microplastics, generated during washing
cycles, from being released into the world's river and oceans.
Microplastics released from synthetic clothing during laundering is
one of the largest sources of primary microplastic pollution
entering oceans every year.
For more information, please visit -
http://www.xerostech.com/
[1]
https://www.iucn.org/content/primary-microplastics-oceans
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