The project will be designing and building an attachment for washing machines and dishwashers to
destroy the PVA from laundry and dishwashing pods. The method developed reacts the PVA
contaminated water with a UV activated catalyst. This method will be applied to an attachment that
will react to the expelled water from the machines before they reach the water sewers.
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Problem Statement/Summary
The use of common washing machine detergent pods deposits over 8,000 tons of PVA plastic into the water supply each year [2]. This contamination goes unseen, and up until now, there haven’t been any options for the average washing machine user to limit their contribution to this issue. Our focus is to provide an easy-to-use product that can filter out these contaminants.