[HTML][HTML] A review on biosorptive removal of dyes and heavy metals from wastewater using watermelon rind as biosorbent

C Bhattacharjee, S Dutta, VK Saxena - Environmental Advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainable wastewater treatment is one of the foremost challenges of twenty first century.
With the ever increasing levels of industrial toxic sludge disposal to water bodies, finding …

Applicability of agricultural waste and by-products for adsorptive removal of heavy metals from wastewater

TAH Nguyen, HH Ngo, WS Guo, J Zhang, S Liang… - Bioresource …, 2013 - Elsevier
This critical review discusses the potential use of agricultural waste based biosorbents
(AWBs) for sequestering heavy metals in terms of their adsorption capacities, binding …

New type mesoporous conjugate material for selective optical copper (II) ions monitoring & removal from polluted waters

MR Awual - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
The main objective of this work is to evaluate the effectiveness of the ligand supported
mesoporous silica as conjugate nanomaterials for the copper (Cu (II)) ions detection and …

Characterization and adsorption capacity of raw pomegranate peel biosorbent for copper removal

S Ben-Ali, I Jaouali, S Souissi-Najar… - Journal of cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigates the adsorption potential of natural materials waste. The biosorbent
used is an untreated pomegranate peel (PGP) derived from local agricultural activities to …

Agricultural biomass/waste as adsorbents for toxic metal decontamination of aqueous solutions

I Anastopoulos, I Pashalidis… - Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Toxic metals can be present in the environment, causing negative effects on the ecosystem
and human health. Although several technologies have been used for decontamination …

Utilization of shell-based agricultural waste adsorbents for removing dyes: A review

JOP Nayagam, K Prasanna - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Dye existence in the water body adversely impacts the habitat and the quality of the aquatic
system. Considering different physical and chemical methods, adsorption is a propitious …

[HTML][HTML] Potentials of agricultural wastes as the ultimate alternative adsorbent for cadmium removal from wastewater. A review

MM Kwikima, S Mateso, Y Chebude - Scientific African, 2021 - Elsevier
The removal/recovery of cadmium from wastewaters by conventional technologies is proving
expensive due to the non-renewability of the materials used and the high costs of both …

Removal of inorganic toxic contaminants from wastewater using sustainable biomass: A review

A Guleria, G Kumari, EC Lima, DK Ashish… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is most abundant, ecofriendly and sustainable material on this
green planet which has received great attention due to exhaustion of petroleum reserves …

A review on the applicability of activated carbon derived from plant biomass in adsorption of chromium, copper, and zinc from industrial wastewater

EI Ugwu, JC Agunwamba - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2020 - Springer
Metal ion contamination in wastewater is an issue of global concern. The conventional
methods of heavy metal removal from wastewater have some drawbacks, ranging from …

Fruit peels as efficient renewable adsorbents for removal of dissolved heavy metals and dyes from water

R Mallampati, L Xuanjun, A Adin… - ACS Sustainable …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Removal of heavy metal ions and dissolved organic compounds present in wastewater is a
challenge for many countries owing to high cost of existing technologies and continued …