This bill requires washing machine makers to install filters that catch microplastics from clothes, starting by 2030. It also makes the government promote these filters and teach people about plastic pollution from laundry.
A Bill to require manufacturers to fit microplastic-catching filters to new domestic and commercial washing machines; to make provision about the promotion of the use of microplastic-catching filters in washing machines and raising awareness about the consequences of microplastics from washing machines for pollution in rivers and seas; and for connected purposes.
Status: In Progress
Current House: Lords
Stage: 2nd reading
Sponsored by: Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Introduced: 2026-06-10