Overview
- Highlights the emergent need for reducing and getting rid of microplastic pollution
- Includes an interesting chapter on domestic laundry and microfiber shedding of synthetic textiles
- Discusses microplastic pollution in Dentistry and in sediments with a focus on biogeochemical carbon and nitrogen cycles
Part of the book series: Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry (STPPMC)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu currently works for SgT Group as Head of Sustainability, and is based out of Hong Kong. He earned his PhD from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is a renowned expert in the areas of Environmental Sustainability in Textiles & Clothing Supply Chain, Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Ecological Footprint and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment (PCF) in various industrial sectors. He has five years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, research and development and textile testing and over a decade's of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 100 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited over 95 books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microplastic Pollution
Editors: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Series Title: Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0297-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-0296-2Published: 15 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-0299-3Published: 16 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-0297-9Published: 14 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-7108
Series E-ISSN: 2662-7116
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 174
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pollution, general, Environmental Management, Sustainable Development