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Mushrooms Are Being Used to Clean Pollution from English Rivers

A study using turkey tail mushrooms as a natural filtration system has successfully removed E. coli from a polluted river in Devon, England, and the approach is already being put into practice.

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A Tiny Laundry Filter Could Keep Microplastics Out of the Sea

Reasons to be Cheerful highlighted a washing-machine filter designed to catch clothing fibres before they reach waterways and oceans.

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A Phone-Case Company Built a Floating Platform to Hunt Ocean Plastic

RHINOSHIELD’s Circular Blue platform uses drones and solar-powered collection vessels to target ocean-bound plastic near Taiwan.

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Scientists Deploy New Enzyme to Safely Break Down Microplastics in Oceans

A revolutionary new enzyme that rapidly dissolves microplastics in seawater is being successfully deployed in major ocean cleanups, showing remar…

April 8, 2026 · environment · oceans

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