<b>Microplastic emission and socioeconomic data of fashion industry in Chinese cities from 2001 to 2020</b>

Microplastic pollution is one of the emerging global environmental issues. The fashion industry is a major source of microplastic pollution due to the massive consumption of synthetic fibres. Textile, garment, and footwear manufacturing contribute to the microplastic emission into sewage waters. Cities are major contributors to microplastic emissions and the implementers of microplastic control. It is important to compile the inventories of microplastic emissions of the fashion industry for cities, and fewer studies have investigated the inventories of microplastic emissions for key industries in cities. This study, for the first time, compiles microplastic emission inventories of the fashion industry for Chinese cities. The inventories are constructed using 21 cities and 4 production processes of the fashion industry. The socioeconomic data of the fashion industry in cities such as the output of industrial products and the gross output value of the fashion industry are included in the datasets as well. The dataset can provide transparent, comparable, and verifiable data support for the microplastic pollution prevention and control strategies in the fashion industry, and provide references for the construction of microplastic emission inventories for other key industries.微塑料污染（Microplastic pollution）是一类新兴的全球性环境议题。时尚产业因合成纤维（Synthetic Fibres）的大规模消费，成为微塑料污染的主要排放源。纺织、服装及鞋类制造环节会导致微塑料排放进入污水水体。城市既是微塑料排放的主要贡献者，同时也是微塑料污染管控的实施主体。编制城市时尚产业的微塑料排放清单具有重要现实意义，但当前针对城市重点行业的微塑料排放清单研究较为匮乏。本研究首次针对中国城市构建了时尚产业微塑料排放清单，该清单基于21座城市及时尚产业的4类生产流程搭建。数据集同时涵盖了城市时尚产业的社会经济数据，包括工业产品产量及时尚产业总产值等核心指标。本数据集可为时尚产业微塑料污染防治策略提供透明、可比、可验证的数据支持，也可为其他重点行业的微塑料排放清单构建提供参考借鉴。