Fashion is one of the most polluting world industries, surpassed only by the petroleum
industry. Environmental damages originate from the production, manufacture and dyeing of …

As informed decision making has become one of the key attributes in the modern economy
which is driven by sustainable production and consumption, assessment of the present …

The potential role of natural textile fibres as environmental pollutants has been speculated
upon by some environmental scientists, however, there is a general consensus that their …

The fast fashion trends in the textile industry have resulted in high consumption of fiber with
concomitant generation of waste. Awareness of environmental pollution resulting from textile …

Synthetic fibers in composites harm the environment raising the concern of exploring natural
and sustainable materials. Sunn hemp fiber is an under-exploited lignocellulose fiber with a …

The progress of textile recycling is significantly impeded by the absence of adequate
methodologies for determining the composition of fibres in textile blends. The examination of …

Investigations on microplastic (MPs) particles in soils are extremely rare, and the published
results often lack comparability due to different sampling, extracting, and analytical …

In this work, microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) was isolated from jute sticks and sodium
carboxymethyl cellulose (Na-CMC) was synthesized from the isolated MCC. Na-CMC is an …

Synthetic fibers are one of the most valuable trace lines of evidence that can be found in
crime scenes. When textile fibers are analyzed properly, they can help in finding a linkage …

Bast fibres have been commonly used as a textile material in Northern Europe since
Neolithic times. However, the process of identifying the different species has been …