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We developed an \u223c1 km \u00d7 1 km gridded model for household-generated synthetic textile fibers in China by integrating machine- and hand-washing shedding profiles, demographic and socioeconomic rasters, and 2,486 active wastewater treatment plants. We projected future original emissions to 2050 under five Shared Socioeconomic Pathway scenarios. In 2020, domestic laundry generated 21.3 million kg of MPFs (interquartile range: 13.8\u201331.1 million kg); wastewater treatment removed 47.53% of this mass, leaving 11.17 million kg (interquartile range: 7.18\u201316.17 million kg) entering the environment. Under the assumed fiber geometries, this post-treatment load corresponds to approximately 5.2 \u00d7 1015 to 1.0 \u00d7 1017 fibers. The top 15 river systems received 69.05% of post-treatment discharge. By 2050, national original generation is projected to reach 61.3\u201398.3 million kg yr\u20131, with the fastest relative growth in central and western provinces. 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