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Polluting Textiles - The Problem with Microfibres (Paperback)
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Polluting Textiles - The Problem with Microfibres (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
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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.
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