All Outputs (3)

RESTORYING RIVERSCAPES (2023)
Report
McKay, D. (2023). RESTORYING RIVERSCAPES. https://www.fashionrevolution.org/restorying-riverscapes/: Fashion Revolution

Restorying Riverscapes explores the history of the
textile industry on the riverscape of the Churnet at Leek,
Staffordshire.
This project took place during Spring and Summer 2022,
bringing together Fashion Revolution and scientists from
Keele Un... Read More about RESTORYING RIVERSCAPES.

Doing laundry by hand sheds just as many microfibres as machine washing – new research (2023)
Digital Artefact
McKay, D. (2023). Doing laundry by hand sheds just as many microfibres as machine washing – new research. [Blog Style Article]

Shedding off-the-grid: The role of garment manufacturing and textile care in global microfibre pollution (2023)
Journal Article
Stanton, T., Stanes, E., Gwinnett, C., Lei, X., Cauilan-Cureg, M., Ramos, M., Sallach, J. B., Harrison, E., Osborne, A., Sanders, C. H., Baynes, E., Law, A., Johnson, M., Ryves, D. B., Sheridan, K. J., Blackburn, R. S., & McKay, D. (2023). Shedding off-the-grid: The role of garment manufacturing and textile care in global microfibre pollution. Journal of Cleaner Production, 428, Article 139391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139391

Textile fibres are abundant anthropogenic pollutants. These fibres enter aquatic, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments, and biota. Textile fibres pose biological and chemical threats to the environments they pollute. Laundry is a primary source... Read More about Shedding off-the-grid: The role of garment manufacturing and textile care in global microfibre pollution.