Abstract
Microplastic particles are a burgeoning population crisis in the marine environment. This research examines the emission of microfibers from three different jeans (garments) during domestic washing. The jeans types, washing temperature, washing duration, spin speed, detergent types, and addition of conditioner are the main factors for this research work. The average length and diameter of the microfibers for the 100% PET jeans (jeans-P) has 7800 ± 4000 μm and 11.9±3.2 μm and for polyester/cotton jeans (jeans-PB) has 4900 ± 2200 μm 17.4±4.8 μm, respectively. The maximum microfiber released was observed in the rigorous washing treatment (90 min, 60°C, 1400 rpm, powder detergent with the presence of conditioner). The surmised number of microfibers discharged from the 1 kg wash load of jeans-P was calculated within the extent of 2300000–4900000 microfibers, and it is varied by the washing treatments.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 58570-58582 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Environmental Science and Pollution Research |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 41 |
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| Publication status | Published - Nov 2021 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Funding
The author thanks to Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic for providing the facilities to carrying out the SEM images. The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due to legal and commercial restrictions but are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Keywords
- Jeans
- Microfibers
- Microplastics
- Textiles, Domestic washing
- Laundering
- Polyesters
- Plastics
- Textiles
