Polluting textiles : the problem with microfibres /: the problem with microfibres. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Judith S. Weis, Francesca De Falco, Mariacristina Cocca.
• Editors: Weis, Judith S, 1941-; De Falco, Francesca; Cocca, Mariacristina
• Contents: 1. Introduction; Judith S. Weis, Francesca De Falco and Mariacristina Cocca Part 1: Environmental Problems 2. Microfibre Methodologies for the Field and Laboratory; Abigail Barrows and CA Neumann 3. Animal and microplastics – Ingestion, transport, breakdown, and trophic transfer; Jennifer Provencher, Sarah Y. Au, Dorothy Horn, Mark L. Mallory, Tony R. Walker, Joshua Kurek, Lisa M. Erdle, Judith S. Weis, and Amy Lusher 4. Clothes encounters of the microfibre kind: the effects of natural and synthetic textiles on organisms; Elise Granek, Summer D. Traylor, Alexandra G. Tissot, Paul T. Hurst, Rosemary S Wood, and Susanne Brander 5. Toxic chemicals in textiles and the role of microplastic fibres as a source and vector for chemicals to the environment Bethanie Carney Almroth and Samantha Athey Part 2: Textile Solutions 6. Microfibre shedding from textiles during laundering: different quantification methods but common findings Imogen E. Napper and Richard C. Thompson 7. Wastewater treatment approaches to remove microplastics: microfibers incidence and fate; Daniel Sol, Amanda Laca and Adriana Laca and Mario Díaz 8. Degradation of fibrous microplastics in the marine environment; Christian Lott, Andreas Eich and Miriam Weber 9. Sourcing and re-sourcing end-of-use textiles; Wolfgang Ipsmiller and Andreas Bartl 10. Innovative approaches to mitigate microfibre pollution Francesca De Falco and Mariacristina Cocca 11. Policies and perspectives on regulating microplastic fibre pollution; Esther Kentin and Gaia Battaglia 12. Summary; Judith S. Weis, Francesca De Falco and Mariacristina Cocca
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 338.47687; Textile industry -- Environmental aspects; Textile fibers -- Environmental aspects; Microplastics -- Environmental aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000587579; 9781000587562; 9781003165385
• Related ISBNs: 9780367760786; 9780367760755
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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