1 Sources of Synthetic Microfiber Pollutants in the Environment and Their Fate and Toxicity -- 2 Sources, Characteristics, Environmental Impact and Sustainable Remediation of Synthetic Microfiber -- 3 Discussing Sources and Biological-Chemical Remediation Approaches for Microplastic Pollution -- 4 Fate and Accumulation of Synthetic Microfibers in the Environment -- 5 Occurrence and Quantification of Tire Wear Plastics Pollutants from Highway City Dust of Bhubaneswar City of Odisha -- 6 Microplastics -- 7 Synthetic Microfibers -- 8 Impact of Synthetic Microfibers and Their Toxicity on the Environment -- 9 Water Contamination and Impacts of Synthetic Microfibers Pollutants to the Global Ecosystem -- 10 Application of Microorganisms in Emerging Waste Management Strategies and Remediation of Synthetic and Cellulosic Microfibers -- 11 Microbial Remediation of Microplastics and Integration into the Circular Economy -- 12 Microbial Bioremediation Technology for Sustainable Treatment and Management of Synthetic Microfiber Waste -- 13 Greener Technologies for Establishing Restraint over Microplastic Pollution -- 14 Degradation of Low-Density Polyethylene by Physical, Chemical, and Microbial-Based Approaches.

This book offers a variety of cases that detail microbial technologies for remediation of microfiber pollution. Synthetic microfibers are made up of polypropylene, nylon, and polyethylene terephthalate. They are porous and dry which makes them ideal for cleaning, but wide use of synthetic microfibers across industries and the human population in general has led to the accumulation of microfiber wastes in both terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Microfibers are a major environmental pollutant due to their endurance, omnipresence, and synthetic composition. Due to their undetectable size and wide distribution, microfibers slowly get incorporated within the food chain leading them into the higher trophic level. Microbial remediation of Synthetic microfibers through biodegradation is a sustainable and economic solution. With advanced bioremediation technology, novel methods have been developed for remediation, recovery, and recycling. Some of these methods are detailed in this volume. .