Origin
- Made in Vermont
Materials
- 100% Recycled Plastic
End of Life
- After years of use, you can easily recycle your Cora Ball by contacting us, or info@coraball.com to have it sent to their recycling center!
Earth Friendly Features
- According to studies by the University of Toronto, the Cora Ball catches 26% of microfibers per wash load on average. This helps to reduce the amount of non-biodegradeable fibers that make their way to our oceans!
- If 10% of US households use a Cora Ball, it can keep the plastic equivalent of over 30 million water bottles from washing into our public waterways every year... that's enough water bottles to reach from NYC to London!
Packaging
- Paperstock product tag
- Ships in packaging made from recycled content
- Shipping packaging is recyclable
Product Care
- To use, just toss it in your washer to start catching microfibers! Although Cora Ball is very gentle, we recommend washing delicates, fine fabrics, lace & tassels separately so they don't get caught in the Cora Ball.
- How fast you will see fuzz in your Cora Ball depends on water temperature, type of clothes, lifestyle, detergent type, and washer mode!
- To clean: when you can visibily see tangles of fibers & hairs, move the stalks of the Cora Ball to the side and pinch the tangles to pull them out easily. Dispose of fibers in your trash bin.
Additional Features
- Micro-fiber catching laundry ball stops microplastics, threads, and pollution from entering our waterways
- Made from 100% recycled materials and recyclable
- Easy to clean and lasts for years
Capacity
- For most homes, one Cora Ball will get the job done. For families or larger washing machines, we recommend up to 3 Cora Balls.
Returns
- Unused, unopened items in their original product packaging can be returned within 30 days
Warranty
- Unused, unopened items in their original product packaging can be returned within 30 days
Shipping Info
- Ships same business day!
Cora Ball
Microplastics or microfibers are the teeny tiny particles that are polluting our waterways at a concerning rate. Surprisingly enough, these particles most often originate from your washing machine. Clothing that contains synthetic fibers such as nylon, polyester, rayon, acrylic, or spandex, are essentially plastic and shed particles each time we wash them! This microfiber pollution ends up being eaten by ocean animals and then, in turn, ends up on our plates. Cora Ball was founded by underwater archaeologist and marine scientist Rachel Miller and offers a human-scale solution to a global issue. Cora Ball is the first ever microfiber catching laundry ball. Inspired the way coral filters the ocean water from foreign particles, Cora Ball mimics that behaviour and catches all the bad microplastic particles from your clothing before they make it to the water. The ball works in any washing machine. You simply throw it in with your laundry and it will catch microfibers as well as hair to prevent them from flowing out with the drain water. Once the laundry is done, you clean Cora like you clean a hairbrush, taking out the bits of fuzz and putting them in the trash. The best part? The ball itself if made from 100% recycled plastic. So you can maximize your impact one laundry load at a time.
Jennifer (verified owner) –
It is a really good idea and I have been using it for a year. I have never caught any plastic in it, only loose threads and it has damaged some of my clothing items. I finally gave up on it.
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Robin (verified owner) –
I’ve been using the cora ball for a couple months now in several loads of laundry of all fiber types. It hasn’t caught anything. Complete waste of money. Honestly, don’t buy it. Just get a microplastics filter instead.
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Patty Johnson –
It has yet to pick up any microfibers after 3 washes.
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Steve (verified owner) –
If I could do so, I would give it negative stars. I have been using the Cora Ball for 8 months now, waiting for the buildup of microfibers to occur. Nothing. The only thing the Cora Ball is good for capturing is drawstrings (from hoodies, etc.) which then have to be painstakingly unthreaded from the ball’s teeth. Please don’t spend your money on this item. Maybe it was a good idea in the design phase, but in execution it doesn’t do anything at all.
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Beth –
I enthusiastically bought two cora balls. One broke within the first few uses, the layers came apart. The remaining ball was great at grabbing the smallest thread and shredding my clothes, leaving a messy ball full of threads. I never found pet hair or microfibers in the ball, just threads.
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sydney_wallace (verified owner) –
I had it for a bout a month and a half and the whole thing came apart. It is easy enough to put back together with the clips but once its back in the washer it will break apart again. I am guessing there is some piece that broke off of it that kept it together but it is disappointing how quickly it fell apart.
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lydianew204 (verified owner) –
I have been using this with every load of laundry for several months now – not only does it not get microplastics caught up, nothing has been caught in it, not even fur or my “ridiculously long hair”. If you’re looking to keep microplastics out of the waterways, use a GuppyFriend instead.
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Alexandra (verified owner) –
This product damaged all of my clothes. It latches into a loose string and completely tore all my clothes. Useless.
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Julia –
Useless for its original function and after sitting in a cupboard for months unused now has become a favorite dog toy for our dog Nova. It works because she is unable to chew it and destroy it like she does with tennis balls. Keeping a close eye on her (it’s early days as a dog toy) to make sure she doesn’t damage her gums. When I used it in the washing machine the most it ever collected was an odd piece of thread or a hair or too. But most of the time it came out completely clean. Save your money.. instead wash your clothes less often, on a cooler temp., with an eco friendly washing “detergent”..
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April –
I’ve used this for about 5 months in a HE washer. We are a family of 3 and 1 cat. This literally has not picked anything up except literally 1 cat hair! My dryer lint screen picks up more microfiber than this thing. Do not waste your money. I had high hopes but was very disappointed.
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marissa_keating (verified owner) –
I wanted to like this product, as I try to be green when I can. However, my last two loads of laundry have had shirts come out with tiny holes in that they didn’t have going in. I wash jeans and bras separately, so there weren’t any hooks or zippers to catch on anything. Best I can figure is, it was the Cora Ball. It would also catch threads and tear out seams. In addition, I never noticed it collecting any microfibers.
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Danielle (verified owner) –
Seems like greenwashing in the end. Can’t return from opening and using to find out, now just have plastic waste for nothing. While also possibly contributing worse to ther problem? In hindsight, why wouldn’t putting a plastic ball leach more microplastics?
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alxkropp (verified owner) –
I haven’t been using for that long of a time, but I know that it isn’t catching much because my hair is left in the machine, not picked up by the ball. The only thing it has accomplished is partially shredding a piece of clothing that had a loose thread.
Since I already have it I’ll continue using it. I hope to see it actually pick up something that it’s supposed to.
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