Microplastics in wastewater by washing polyester fabrics

A Šaravanja, T Pušić, T Dekanić - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microplastics have become one of the most serious environmental hazards today, raising
fears that concentrations will continue to rise even further in the near future …

Microfiber pollution: an ongoing major environmental issue related to the sustainable development of textile and clothing industry

J Liu, J Liang, J Ding, G Zhang, X Zeng, Q Yang… - Environment …, 2021 - Springer
Textiles release microfibers to the environment during production, use, and at end-of-life
disposal. There is a potentially large and growing risk to the environment associated with …

Detection, characterization and possible biofragmentation of synthetic microfibers released from domestic laundering wastewater as an emerging source of marine …

S Mishra, D Dash, AP Das - Marine pollution bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Synthetic microfibers are universally recognized as an emerging pollutant in all ecosystems.
The present investigation focuses on the evaluation and quantification of synthetic microfiber …

Review of research on migration, distribution, biological effects, and analytical methods of microfibers in the environment

Y Li, Q Lu, Y **ng, K Liu, W Ling, J Yang, Q Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics have been proven to be one of the critical environmental pollution issues.
Moreover, microfibers, the most prominent form of microplastics in the environment, have …

Disposable tri-layer masks and microfiber pollution–an experimental analysis on dry and wet state emission

R Rathinamoorthy, SR Balasaraswathi - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of masks as a personal protective material is the new normal in the post-pandemic.
The higher use of masks triggers immediate disposal of synthetic textile fibers leading to …

Synthetic textile and microfiber pollution: a review on mitigation strategies

R Ramasamy, RB Subramanian - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Microfiber pollution is one of the recent threats to sustainability. Due to the increased use of
synthetic textiles, microplastic fiber release to the environment has increased exponentially …

[HTML][HTML] Release of microplastic fibers from synthetic textiles during household washing

SH Akyildiz, S Fiore, M Bruno, H Sezgin… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Textile materials are one of the primary sources of microplastic pollution. The washing
procedure is by far the most significant way that textile products release microplastic fibers …

Microfiber Pollution: A Systematic Literature Review to Overcome the Complexities in Knit Design to Create Solutions for Knit Fabrics

E Allen, CE Henninger, A Garforth… - … Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
The absence of standardized procedures to assess microfiber pollution released during
laundering, alongside textile complexities, has caused incomparability and inconsistency …

Microfiber pollution in the earth system

J Liu, Q Liu, L An, M Wang, Q Yang, B Zhu… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Springer
Microfibers, as emerging contaminants, pose a growing threat to the global environment.
Microfiber pollution has been one of the hot research topics in environmental science …

[HTML][HTML] The problem of anthropogenic microfibres in karst systems: Assessment of water and submerged sediments

V Balestra, M Galbiati, S Lapadula, B Barzaghi… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
A new worrying micropollutant threathens natural environments: the microfibres (MFs).
Natural, regenerated and synthetic MFs have been detected in different environments, as …