Airborne emissions of microplastic fibres from domestic laundry dryers

An emission source of microplastics into the environment is laundering synthetic textiles and clothing. Mechanical drying as a pathway for emitting microplastics, however, is poorly understood. In this study, emissions of microplastic fibres were sampled from a domestic vented dryer to assess whethe...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2020-12, Vol.747, p.141175, Article 141175
Main Authors: O'Brien, Stacey, Okoffo, Elvis D., O'Brien, Jake W., Ribeiro, Francisca, Wang, Xianyu, Wright, Stephanie L., Samanipour, Saer, Rauert, Cassandra, Toapanta, Tania Yessenia Alajo, Albarracin, Rizsa, Thomas, Kevin V.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Air
Dryer
Emission
environment
Fibre
filtration
fleece
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
laundry
Microplastic
microplastics
microscopy
polyesters
Pyr-GC/MS
pyrolysis
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