Microfiber Pollution (Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry)

Chapter 1: Microfiber Pollution and Sustainability 1.1 Sustainability issues and microplastic pollution 1.2 Synthetic Textile Production and Consumption 1.3 Contribution of Textile and Apparel Industries in Microfiber Pollution Chapter 2: Microfiber Shedding from Textile Materials 2.1 Shedding Mechanism in the dry state and wet state 2.2 Causes of Microfiber Shedding from Textiles 2.3 Microfiber shedding from textile materials other than Apparels 2.4 Microfiber shedding Analysis Techniques and Testing Methods 2.5 Characterisation of Microfibers from textile materials Chapter 3: Influence of Textile parameters and properties on Microfiber shedding 3.1 Structural Properties of fiber, yarn and fabric 3.2 Chemical Properties of fibers 3.3 Mechanical Properties of fibers, yarn and fabric 3.4 Production Method of Yarn and fabric 3.5 Textile Wet Processing Methods 3.6 Apparel Production Processes Chapter 4: Domestic Laundry – A major cause of microfiber shedding 4.1 Influence of Washing Methods 4.2 Influence of Washing Parameters 4.3 Influence of Washing additives and drying methods 4.4 Estimation of microfiber release from domestic laundry worldwide Chapter 5: Impact of Microfiber Pollution 5.1 Microfiber Interaction with other pollutants 5.2 Microfibers in Food chain 5.3 Health impact on human beings 5.4 Impact of natural and regenerated cellulose Chapter 6: Mitigation Strategies and Challenges 6.1 Sewage Treatment Plants and Washing Aids 6.2 Microfiber removal techniques 6.3 Use of Washing additives – Softener 6.4 Surface modification of textile materials 6.5 Improving Degradability of synthetic fibers 6.6 Consumer Awareness on Microfiber pollution 6.7 Regulations and Laws for microfiber pollution control