Microplastic Pollution from Textiles

Dear Colleagues,

Microfibers pollution from textiles is a serious and increasing concern. Microplastics originating from textiles, both natural or synthetics, typically have a fibre shape, and are often referred to as microfibers. It is estimated that synthetic textiles are responsible for a global discharge of between 0.2 and 0.5 million tonnes of microplastics into the oceans each year.

This Special Issue plans to give an overview of the most recent advances in the field of pollution from textiles. This Special Issue aimed at providing selected contributions on advances in the evaluation, characterization, and impact of textiles pollution in the seawater environment.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Pollution from textile industries
• Pollution from domestic washing machines
• Pollution from industrial washing machines,
• Role of synthetic clothing in microfibre pollution
• Future perspectives for textiles and the pollution impact
• Focus on natural fibre pollution
• Role of industrial textiles dyes in the seawater pollution

Dr. Monique Mancuso
Dr. Teresa Bottari
Guest Editors

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• microplastics
• microfibres
• pollution
• marine environment
• washing machines
• impact