This book examines the critical issue of environmental pollutants
produced by the textiles industry.
Comprised of contributions from environmental scientists and materials
and textiles scientists, this edited volume addresses the environmental
impact of microplastics, with a particular focus on microfibres released
by textiles into marine and freshwater environments. The chapters in
Part I offer environmental perspectives focusing on the measurement of
microplastics in the environment, their ingestion by small plankton and
larger filter feeders, the effects of consuming microplastics, and the
role of microplastics as a vector for transferring toxic contaminants in
food webs. Written by environmental and material scientists, the
chapters in Part II present potential solutions to the problem of
microplastics released from textiles, discussing parameters of
influence, water treatment, degradation in aquatic environments, textile
end-of-life management, textile manufacturing and laundry, and possible
policy measures. This is a much needed volume which brings together in
one place environmental research with technical solutions in order to
provide a cohesive and practical approach to mitigating and preventing
environmental pollution from the textiles industry going forward.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of
environmental conservation and management, environmental pollution and
environmental chemistry and toxicology, sustainability, as well as
students and scholars of material and textiles science, textile
engineering and sustainable manufacturing.
