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The Potentiality of Reuse Industrial Waste for Diverse Water Treatment -An Overview

Sustainable Chemical Engineering 2023 2 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 40 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Rafaella Azevedo Aguiar, Jordane Silva Rodrigues, Micheli de Souza Bernardes, Jhonatan do Amparo Madureira, Fernanda Guerra Lima Medeiros Borsagli

Summary

This overview reviews innovative adsorbent materials made from industrial waste that can remove diverse pollutants from wastewater at low cost. While not focused on microplastics specifically, it is relevant to the broader challenge of plastic and chemical pollution remediation in water systems.

Study Type Environmental

The proliferation of different pollutants in waters caused by anthropogenic and industrial activities has become a significant global concern, as they cause many problems, like severe health and environmental harm. Searching for green materials for water removal entirely and efficiently in this context is challenging. In this sense, innovative materials based on industrial waste become an incredible alternative, as they are waste, disposable incorrect in the environment, low-cost, and need to be adequately discharged. Many innovative materials based on industrial waste were performed in the literature, as these eco-friendly alternatives have great potential for many applications, including wastewater treatment. This overview presents various research that demonstrated different innovative materials based on industrial waste, their physicochemical properties, different properties, the adsorption removal, and other wastewater treatment reported based on different models. Based on the literature, we have also demonstrated that innovative materials based on industrial waste exhibit an incredible potential for the adsorption of various pollutants in water, indicating their promising solution of low-cost adsorption removal for wastewater treatment. Finally, this overview shows that these sustainable materials present significant potential for use in wastewater treatment.

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