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CleanWash
Innovation and Industry
News 06 January 2026

CleanWash: IFPEN innovates to capture plastic microfibers from professional textile washing

Every time synthetic textiles are washed, millions of plastic microfibers can be released, representing a largely invisible but significant source of pollution. To remedy this, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) has developed CleanWash, a technology that captures and recovers these microfibers directly at the outlet of professional textile washing facilities.

Issue 59 of Science@ifpen
Fundamental Research
News 28 November 2025

Issue 59 of Science@ifpen - PhD projects and Yves Chauvin Prize

Yves Chauvin’s work on the mechanisms of olefin metathesis, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2005, marked a major turning point in our understanding of these mechanisms, providing a springboard for the development of the catalytic processes used in industry today.