Green solutions for blue waters: using biomaterials to purify water from microplastics and nanoplastics

V Fakhri, A Hamzehlouy, AJ Dehchani, E Moradi… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are increasingly recognized as significant environmental contaminants
due to their widespread presence in the atmosphere, soil, and, particularly, aquatic …

Microplastic pollutants in water: A comprehensive review on their remediation by adsorption using various adsorbents

A Verma, G Sharma, A Kumar, P Dhiman, GT Mola… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs), as emerging pollutants, have attracted the attention of
environmentalists, statespersons, and the scientific community over the last few decades. To …

Efficient adsorption of lead and copper from water by modification of sand filter with a green plant-based adsorbent: Adsorption kinetics and regeneration

H Ganji, M Taghavijeloudar - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, pomegranate seed waste (PSW) was added into sand filter (SF) to increase
removal efficiency of Lead (Pb (II)) and Copper (Cu (II)) from polluted water. The …

A sustainable approach for heavy metals removal from surface water by sand column amendment with bio-adsorbent of pistachio hull waste (PHW): Batch and fixed …

H Ganji, M Taghavijeloudar… - Journal of Water Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, pistachio hull waste (PHW) powder was added to sand column filtration
systems as a natural adsorbent to increase HMs removal from contaminate river water. First …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advancement in microplastic removal process from wastewater-a critical review

L Dayal, K Yadav, U Dey, K Das, P Kumari… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics, small sized plastic particles having size less than 5 mm are formed through
primary process including production of beauty products, microbeads and microfibres as …

A critical review of breakthrough models with analytical solutions in a fixed-bed column

Q Hu, X Yang, L Huang, Y Li, L Hao, Q Pei… - Journal of Water Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
The modeling and simulation of the breakthrough curves in a fixed-bed column play a vital
role in evaluation of the adsorption capability and prediction of the dynamic adsorption …

Assessing the removal efficiency of microplastics: A comparative study using nanosized biochars derived from sustainable sources

SELME Mahmoud, TM Abdel-Fattah… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The industrial use of plastic materials has led to the production of microplastics, posing
significant environmental risks. Microplastic pollution, especially in water systems, has …

A review on the role of nanotechnological interventions in sequestration, mitigation and value-added product conversion of micro-/nanoplastics

J Das, E Yadav, KM Poluri - Environmental Science: Nano, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
The buildup of microplastics (MPs)/nanoplastics (NPs) in the aquatic biota has sparked
concern owing to their negative consequences on human health and the environment …

Comprehensive investigation of green solutions for sustainable wastewater remediation: a review

LV Hublikar, FA Shilar, BS Mathada… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is a growing emphasis on harnessing the potential of agricultural waste, biochar, and
nanomaterial (NM). This review explores their utilization, highlighting their role in mitigating …

[HTML][HTML] Designing, Modeling and Developing Scale Models for the Treatment of Water Contaminated with Cr (VI) through Bacterial Cellulose Biomass

UFC Sayago, VB Ballesteros, AML Aguilar - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The present research presents a method for scaling up a continuous treatment system with
bacterial cellulose biomass for the removal of contaminants on a large industrial scale from …