TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of microfiber release from jeans
T2 - the impact of different washing conditions
AU - Periyasamy, Aravin Prince
N1 - Funding Information:
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.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/11
Y1 - 2021/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Jeans
KW - Microfibers
KW - Microplastics
KW - Textiles, Domestic washing
KW - Laundering
KW - Polyesters
KW - Plastics
KW - Textiles
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U2 - 10.1007/s11356-021-14761-1
DO - 10.1007/s11356-021-14761-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 34115293
AN - SCOPUS:85107774195
VL - 28
SP - 58570
EP - 58582
JO - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
JF - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
SN - 0944-1344
IS - 41
ER -
