Domestic Laundry and Microfiber Shedding of Synthetic Textiles

R. Rathinamoorthy; R. Rathinamoorthy; S. Raja Balasaraswathi

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-0297-9_5

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Domestic Laundry and Microfiber Shedding of Synthetic Textiles

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R. Rathinamoorthy, R. Rathinamoorthy, S. Raja Balasaraswathi

Summary

Synthetic textile laundering is a dominant source of microfiber pollution, with studies showing that over 80% of ocean and seafloor microplastics are textile-derived fibers released during domestic washing cycles. Reducing microfiber shedding through fabric design, filtration technologies, and washing protocols represents one of the most impactful levers for cutting household contributions to microplastic pollution.

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Microplastic pollution is one of the recent issues that attracted many environmental researchers. Many in situ samplings reported that more than 80% of the microplastics found in the ocean and sea bed are microfibers from textiles. Microfiber shedding is the...

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