Emerging Microfiber Pollution and Its Remediation

Sunanda Mishra; Prasant Kumar Rout; Alok Prasad Das

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-5499-5_9

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Emerging Microfiber Pollution and Its Remediation

Environmental and microbial biotechnology 2021 84 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.

Sunanda Mishra, Prasant Kumar Rout, Alok Prasad Das

Summary

Synthetic microfibers, a subcategory of secondary microplastics with diameters under 10 micrometers shed primarily from synthetic textiles, are accumulating broadly in the environment with harmful ecological consequences. Addressing microfiber pollution requires a combination of improved textile manufacturing standards, wastewater filtration upgrades, and consumer-level interventions to reduce shedding at the source.

Extensive allocation of synthetic microfiber (SMF) particles in the environment has harmful ecological impacts. These are tiny threads of synthetic fabrics having diameter less than 10 μm and are categorized under secondary microplastics, which are mainly...

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