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Corporate Social Responsibility In The Apparel Industry: A Multiple Case Study Analysis

This thesis reviewed corporate social responsibility reporting in the apparel industry, examining how clothing brands communicate their environmental and social commitments. Since synthetic textiles shed microplastic fibers during washing, the apparel industry's environmental responsibility is directly relevant to reducing microplastic pollution.

2021 8 citations
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Gaps, challenges and drivers for environmentally sustainable textile and garment manufacturing in India

This is a policy and sustainability study reviewing the challenges and opportunities for environmentally sustainable textile manufacturing in India; it is not a microplastics research paper, though synthetic textile production is indirectly linked to microfiber pollution.

2023 8 citations
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Sustainability Initiatives in the Fashion Industry

This paper examines sustainability efforts in the fashion industry, where synthetic textiles are a major source of microplastic fiber pollution during washing. It reviews industry initiatives and consumer behavior changes aimed at reducing environmental impacts, including microfiber shedding.

2019 IntechOpen eBooks 14 citations
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A Study on the Awareness and Perception towards Sustainable Fashion

This paper is not directly relevant to microplastics; it surveys university students' awareness and attitudes toward sustainable fashion and the broader environmental impacts of the textile industry, including waste and water contamination.

2023 International Scientific Journal of Engineering and Management 1 citations
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Sustainable Textile Industry: An Overview

This review examines the environmental sustainability challenges of the textile industry, covering chemical pollution, high water and energy consumption, and solid waste generation at every production stage, while discussing strategies such as sustainable materials, cleaner processing, and circular economy approaches.

2022 Non-Metallic Material Science 26 citations
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Research on Recycling Design of Clothing Textiles Based on Sustainable Development

This review examines sustainable design strategies for recycling and reusing clothing and textiles, covering the full lifecycle from design to end-of-life disposal. Textile recycling is relevant to microplastic pollution because synthetic fabrics like polyester and nylon shed microplastic fibers during washing.

2023 The Frontiers of Society Science and Technology 1 citations
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Production waste of the textile and clothing industry in sustaindevelopment context

Researchers identified and categorized production waste streams from the textile and clothing industry, assessed their environmental impacts in a sustainable development context, and proposed waste minimization strategies in response to increasing EU regulatory pressure.

2023 Scientific Papers of Silesian University of Technology Organization and Management Series 4 citations
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A Review of Sustainability Standards and Ecolabeling in the Textile Industry

This review examines sustainability standards and eco-labels in the textile industry, which is a major source of microplastic pollution through synthetic fiber shedding during manufacturing and washing. The authors found that while many eco-labels exist, they vary widely in rigor and often do not specifically address microplastic release. Stronger and more consistent standards are needed to reduce the textile industry's contribution to microplastic contamination in waterways and the environment.

2023 Sustainability 72 citations
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Towards Sustainable Textiles for a Safer Planet: Main Topics

This review critically examines sustainability claims in the textile industry, arguing that despite advances in fiber development and recycling, true sustainability requires addressing microplastic shedding, energy use, and resource depletion throughout the full textile lifecycle. The authors distinguish between genuine sustainability and greenwashing.

2024 Sustainability 4 citations
Review Tier 2

A literature review on environmental management in the textile industry focused on waste management.

This review examines environmental management practices in the textile industry with a focus on waste management strategies, analyzing 2,275 articles from ScienceDirect and IEEE. Researchers found that poor waste management across the textile supply chain has worsened due to rising global demand, with significant negative impacts on air, water, and soil quality.

2025 Journal of Physics Conference Series
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Sustainability Challenges in the Fashion Industry: Managing Waste and Ethical Labor Practices

Despite its title referencing microplastics, this paper studies sustainability challenges in the fast fashion industry — not microplastic pollution specifically. It examines consumer behavior, ethical labor practices, textile waste management, and greenwashing, with no substantive focus on microplastic fiber emissions or health impacts. It is not directly relevant to microplastic science.

2025 Journal of Lifestyle and SDGs Review 1 citations
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Corporate Social Responsibility Influencing Sustainability within the Fashion Industry. A Systematic Review

This systematic review of CSR in the fashion industry found that sustainability efforts focus primarily on eco-friendly production, supply chain innovation, and worker safety. Actions linking CSR to sustainability operate across micro, meso, and macro levels, with brand equity, culture, supply chain management, and human rights emerging as key themes.

2020 Sustainability 165 citations
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Clothing and Textile Sustainability

This review examines sustainability challenges facing the global clothing and textile industry, covering resource use, chemical pollution, and the growing problem of microfiber release from synthetic textiles. Synthetic garments shed millions of microplastic fibers with every wash, making the textile industry a major contributor to global microplastic pollution.

2020 Textile & Leather Review 35 citations
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Sustainability trends and gaps in the textile, apparel and fashion industries

Researchers conducted a 20-year systematic review of sustainability in the fashion and textile industry, identifying consumer behavior, circular economy practices, and supply chain transparency as the three main research themes. The review highlights that synthetic textile fibers — a major source of microplastic pollution — are embedded in a complex industry that still lacks coherent sustainability standards across its global supply chains.

2023 Environment Development and Sustainability 223 citations
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Sustainable Assessment of the Environmental Activities of Major Cosmetics and Personal Care Companies

This paper is not directly about microplastics; it assesses the environmental sustainability activities of major cosmetics and personal care companies, including OEM/ODM manufacturers and retailers, covering broad issues like climate change, waste, and water use.

2023 Sustainability 11 citations
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Sustainability and Circularity in the Textile Value Chain - A Global Roadmap Textile Value Chain

This paper is not relevant to microplastics; it is a UNEP report outlining a roadmap for making the global textile and apparel industry more sustainable and circular.

2023 United Nations Environment Programme eBooks 12 citations
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A Critical Review on Environmental Pollution Causes by Textile Industry

This review covers environmental pollution caused by the textile industry, including air, water, and soil contamination from synthetic fiber production and dyeing processes, touching on microplastic shedding from synthetic fabrics as one of several pollution pathways. While relevant to microplastics as a contributing industry, the paper is a broad environmental overview rather than a focused microplastics study.

2024 Preprints.org 3 citations
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Navigating sustainability in textile production

This is a duplicate entry for the Bangshi River microplastic study (same as ID 2849) — the abstract content is identical.

2026 International Journal of Home Science
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Sustainability Challenges of the Textile Industry

This review examines the environmental, social, and economic sustainability challenges facing the global textile industry, including high water consumption, chemical pollution, labor exploitation, and the compounding effects of fast fashion on waste generation and resource depletion. The authors argue that addressing these interconnected challenges requires a multidimensional approach spanning supply chain transparency, regulatory reform, and shifts in consumer behavior.

2025 IntechOpen eBooks
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Coopetition in Sustainable Apparel Manufacturing : An interview study

This interview-based study examined how competing apparel companies cooperate on sustainability initiatives, finding that shared environmental goals — including reducing synthetic fiber and microplastic pollution — can overcome competitive barriers.

2023 Trepo - Institutional Repository of Tampere University
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The Phenomenon of Greenwashing In The Fashion Industry: A Conceptual Framework

This paper develops a conceptual framework for understanding greenwashing in the fashion industry, where brands make misleading environmental claims. The fashion industry is a major source of synthetic microfiber pollution, making honest sustainability reporting especially important for environmental protection.

2023 Global NEST International Conference on Environmental Science & Technology 2 citations
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The Business of Sustainability in Fashion: Following the Threads

This book examines how the fashion industry can pursue sustainability, exploring the interconnected environmental, economic, and social challenges of making apparel production more responsible and reducing plastic fiber pollution.

2023 University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas)
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A critical review on environmental pollution caused by the textile industry

This review examines how the textile industry contributes to environmental pollution, including the release of microplastics from synthetic fibers during washing. The study highlights that non-biodegradable materials like polyester, nylon, and acrylic shed microplastic fibers that enter water systems, potentially harming marine organisms and entering the human food chain.

2025 Explora Environment and Resource 1 citations
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Evaluating the environmental impacts of textile and fashion industries

This review evaluated the environmental impacts of the global textile and fashion industries, finding that resource overconsumption, water pollution, synthetic fiber microplastic release, and vast waste generation make these sectors major drivers of ecosystem degradation.

2023 International Journal of Geography Geology and Environment