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Detection of Microplastics from Domestic Laundering Using Attenuated Total Reflectance – Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) Spectroscopy
Microplastics (MPs) are anthropogenic pollutants present predominately in rivers, lakes, oceans, remote islands, and polar regions. MPs are an emerging threat to the environment and human and animal health with potential adverse effects. Among many MP emitters, textile industries are considered one of the major contributors to MP pollution in the aquatic environment. Synthetic textile fibers, including polyester, nylon, and acrylic, release a considerable number of MPs during washing and wearing. However, MPs below 100 μm are extremely difficult to detect and identify using microscopic techniques. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the detection of MPs released from synthetic fabrics during domestic laundering by attenuated total reflectance- Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. A Plankton net was used to separate and collect MPs from fabric wastewater. ATR-FTIR analysis was conducted on the dried MPs collected from two synthetic fabrics, polyester and nylon. Our results show that polyester fabrics have approximately 1.8 higher MP emissions than nylon during mechanical washings, causing the highest environmental impact. The amount of MPs released during laundry washing of 1 kg of load is 1.1 and 0.62 g for polyester and nylon fabrics. Moreover, the ATR-FTIR technique exhibits the potential to detect MP emissions from different synthetic fabrics.
Detection of Microplastics from Domestic Laundering Using Attenuated Total Reflectance – Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) Spectroscopy
Microplastics (MPs) are anthropogenic pollutants present predominately in rivers, lakes, oceans, remote islands, and polar regions. MPs are an emerging threat to the environment and human and animal health with potential adverse effects. Among many MP emitters, textile industries are considered one of the major contributors to MP pollution in the aquatic environment. Synthetic textile fibers, including polyester, nylon, and acrylic, release a considerable number of MPs during washing and wearing. However, MPs below 100 μm are extremely difficult to detect and identify using microscopic techniques. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the detection of MPs released from synthetic fabrics during domestic laundering by attenuated total reflectance- Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. A Plankton net was used to separate and collect MPs from fabric wastewater. ATR-FTIR analysis was conducted on the dried MPs collected from two synthetic fabrics, polyester and nylon. Our results show that polyester fabrics have approximately 1.8 higher MP emissions than nylon during mechanical washings, causing the highest environmental impact. The amount of MPs released during laundry washing of 1 kg of load is 1.1 and 0.62 g for polyester and nylon fabrics. Moreover, the ATR-FTIR technique exhibits the potential to detect MP emissions from different synthetic fabrics.
Detection of Microplastics from Domestic Laundering Using Attenuated Total Reflectance – Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) Spectroscopy
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Dissanayake, Ranjith (editor) / Mendis, Priyan (editor) / De Silva, Sudhira (editor) / Fernando, Shiromal (editor) / Konthesingha, Chaminda (editor) / Attanayake, Upul (editor) / Gajanayake, Pradeep (editor) / Nitharshan, Vigneswaran (author) / Kolambage, Sajani (author) / Gobalakrishnan, Tharanja (author)
International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment ; 2023 ; Kandy, Sri Lanka
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment ; Chapter: 28 ; 385-394
2024-08-28
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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