Polluting textiles : the problem with microfibres / edited by Judith S. Weis, Francesca De Falco and Mariacristina Cocca.

"This book examines the critical issue of environmental pollutants produced by the textiles industry. Compromised 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 water 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 marine environment, textile end-of-life management, textile manufacturing and laundry, 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"-- Provided by publisher.

<P>1. Introduction <BR><I>Judith S. Weis, Francesca De Falco and Mariacristina Cocca</I></P><P><B>Part 1: Environmental Problems</B></P><P>2. Microfibre Methodologies for the Field and Laboratory. <BR><I>Abigail Barrows and CA Neumann</I> </P><P>3. Animal and microplastics -- Ingestion, transport, breakdown, and trophic transfer <BR><EM>Jennifer Provencher, </EM><I>Sarah Y. Au, Dorothy Horn, Mark L. Mallory, Tony R. Walker, Joshua Kurek, Lisa M. Erdle, Judith S. Weis, and Amy Lusher</P></I><P>4. Clothes encounters of the microfibre kind: the effects of natural and synthetic textiles on organisms<EM> <BR>Elise Granek, </EM><I>Summer D. Traylor, Alexandra G. Tissot, Paul T. Hurst, Rosemary S Wood, and Susanne Brander</P></I><P>5. Toxic chemicals in textiles and the role of microplastic fibres as a source and vector for chemicals to the environment</P><P><I>Bethanie Carney Almroth and Samantha Athey</I> </P><P><B>Part 2: Textile Solutions </B></P><P>6. Microfibre shedding from textiles during laundering: different quantification methods but common findings</P><P><I>Imogen E. Napper and Richard C. Thompson</I></P><P>7. Wastewater treatment approaches to remove microplastics: microfibers incidence and fate <BR><EM>Daniel Sol, Amanda Laca and Adriana Laca and </EM><I>Mario Díaz</P></I><P>8. Degradation of fibrous microplastics in the marine environment<BR><I>Christian Lott, Andreas Eich and Miriam Weber</I></P><P>9. Sourcing and re-sourcing end-of-use textiles <BR><EM>Wolfgang Ipsmiller and </EM><EM>Andreas Bartl</EM></P><P>10. Innovative approaches to mitigate microfibre pollution <BR><I>Francesca De Falco and Mariacristina Cocca</I></P><P>11. Policies and perspectives on regulating microplastic fibre pollution<BR><I>Esther Kentin and Gaia Battaglia</I></P><P><I></I>12. Summary<BR><I>Judith S. Weis, Francesca De Falco and Mariacristina Cocca</I></P>