Advances in Recycling & Waste Management

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Edifici C-Nord, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Carrer dels Tillers, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain

Publications

• Mini Review   
  Potential Heavy Metal Chemisorptive from Agro-processing Waste and Safe Dumping of Used Adsorbents
  Author(s): Daiana Cristóbal*
  
  Water pollution is a concern for the environment that has an impact on the ecosystem and living things. One of the finest methods for removing heavy metals is adsorption. Agro-industrial waste is becoming a low-cost alternative to traditional adsorbents for these contaminants in wastewater because waste recovery is the foundation of the circular economy. Corn, sunflower seed, and pine sawdust residues were tested as potential adsorbents for synthetic aqueous solutions of Ni(II), Zn(II), and Cd (II). To learn more about these residues' structure, content, and adsorption mechanism, characterising efforts were made. The adsorbents' and adsorbates' adsorption capabilities and efficacies were assessed and compared. The results show that all of the biomasses tested are effective substitutes for synthetic materials, with higher adsorption efficiencies. Than 50% Cd was.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2475-7675.2022.7.233

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