Polluting Textiles

Polluting Textiles

The Problem with Microfibres

Weis, Judith S.; De Falco, Francesca; Cocca, Mariacristina

Taylor & Francis Ltd

05/2022

302

Mole

Inglês

9780367760755

15 a 20 dias

580

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1. Introduction to textile pollution Part 1: Environmental Problems 2. Microfibre methodologies for the field and laboratory. 3. Animals and microplastics: ingestion, transport, breakdown, and trophic transfer 4. Clothes encounters of the microfibre kind: the effects of natural and synthetic textiles on organisms. 5. Toxic chemicals in textiles and the role of microplastic fibres as a source and vector for chemicals to the environment Part 2: Textile Solutions 6. Microfibre shedding from textiles during laundering: different quantification methods but common findings 7. Wastewater treatment approaches to remove microplastics: microfibres incidence and fate 8. Degradation of fibrous microplastics in the marine environment 9. Sourcing and re-sourcing end-of-use textiles 10. Innovative approaches to mitigate microfibre pollution 11. Policies and perspectives on regulating microplastic fibre pollution 12. Summary
Tonnes;Mytilus Edulis;Trophic Transfer;Plastic Pollution;Synthetic Fibres;Liquid Detergent;Denser;Neuston Nets;Seawater;Sewage Sludge;Natural Fibres;Plankton Nets;Polyester Garments;Emerita Analoga;Textile Microfibres;LOI;Mesh Pore Size;Chemical Exposure;PBAT;High Exposure Scenarios;Fibre Release;Mesopelagic Fish;Front Load Machine;Higher Trophic Level Organisms;Post-consumer Textile Waste