Mitigation of the Impact Caused by Microfibers Released During Washings by Implementing New Chitosan Finishing Treatments

Raffaella Mossotti; Alessio Montarsolo; Alessia Patrucco; Marina Zoccola; Rosalinda Caringella; Pier Davide Pozzo; Claudio Tonin

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71279-6_31

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Mitigation of the Impact Caused by Microfibers Released During Washings by Implementing New Chitosan Finishing Treatments

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Raffaella Mossotti, Alessio Montarsolo, Alessia Patrucco, Marina Zoccola, Rosalinda Caringella, Pier Davide Pozzo, Claudio Tonin

Summary

Synthetic textile fibers shed during washing are a major source of microplastic pollution, but chitosan-based finishing treatments applied to fabrics significantly reduce fiber release into wastewater. This approach offers a practical upstream intervention to decrease the volume of microfibers reaching aquatic environments.

Until today, many studies (Hidalgo-Ruz and Gutow et al. in Environ SciTechnol 46:3060–3075, 2012; Auta et al. in Environ Int 102:165–176, 2017) were focused on the origin or the formation mechanisms of microplastics. Microplastics comprise a very...

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