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Removal of microplastics or nanoplastics using nameko (Pholiota nameko) mucilage as a flocculant

International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Studies 2026
H Moriwaki, Kurumi Ono, Yoshitake Akiyama

Summary

Researchers demonstrated that mucilage from nameko mushrooms (Pholiota nameko), combined with iron(III), can rapidly flocculate and remove up to 98.4% of microplastics and 87.4% of nanoplastics from water within minutes, offering a natural, biodegradable bio-flocculant as a promising approach for microplastic remediation.

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