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ISO/DIS 4484-4

Textiles and textile products — Microplastics from textile sources — Part 4: Quantitative thermal or gravimetric analysis of certain synthetic materials released from fabrics during washing

General information

40.20     Jun 17, 2026

ISO

ISO/TC 38

International Standard

59.080.01     13.020.40  

Scope

This document specifies a thermal method and a gravimetric method for a quantitative determination of the certain synthetic materials (polyester, polyamide, acrylic, elastane, polypropylene and polyethylene) released from fabrics under washing test conditions.

This method is applicable to synthetic fabric and synthetic/natural blended fabric
- Synthetic/cellulosic fabrics (e.g. PET/Cotton, Nylon/Cotton, Acrylic/Cotton)
- Synthetic/protein fabrics (e.g. PET/Wool, Nylon/Wool, Acrylic/Wool)

Life cycle

NOW

IN_DEVELOPMENT
ISO/DIS 4484-4
40.20 DIS ballot initiated: 12 weeks
Jun 17, 2026

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