Synthetic fibers as microplastics in the marine environment: A review from textile perspective with a focus on domestic washings

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 598, Issue , 2017, Pages 1116-1129

  Salvador Cesa, Flavia ^a   Turra, Alexander ^a   Baruque Ramos, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Domestic washing; Environment pollution; Fiber; Microfiber; Microplastic

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; FILTRATION; POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TEXTILES; WASHING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION; GENERAL INFORMATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICRO-FIBER; MICROPLASTIC; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER TEMPERATURES;

SYNTHETIC TEXTILE FIBERS;

PLASTIC;

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; PLASTIC WASTE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SYNTHETIC FIBER; TEXTILE WASHING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 85018451587     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.04.172     Document Type: Review

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