Residential Removal of Microplastics from Water

Avoiding microplastics in the environment is becoming increasingly difficult. Removing them from drinking water is relatively easy.

Standard treatments for drinking water like reverse osmosis and carbon filtration do an excellent job on microplastics, so no special equipment is needed.

Reverse osmosis, which filters out particles down to 0.001 microns, is the best treatment, but standard carbon filtration also works very well. Highest removal percentages with carbon filtration are obtained with carbon block filters. The tighter the filter, the better the result, but even small end-of-faucet filters and pitcher filters are reasonably effective. Changing cartridges frequently is important.