Wastewater treatment plants are responsible for cleaning our water using different stages of filtering. However the current cleaning methods have not been designed to remove microplastics from the water. They cannot adequately filter out tiny particles nor the adhering pollutants and toxins. Also, conventional filtration methods for the production of clean water such as micro-, nano- and ultrafiltration have technical and economic disadvantages.

"You can imagine pushing huge volumes of water through a filter requires tremendous pressure and energy, resulting in lower outputs and higher maintenance expenditure. The usual filters tend to clog and must be cleaned and flushed often. These factors generate high costs, which is a considerable disadvantage compared to ECOFARIO's technology, where no filters are used."