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Wastewater Treatment in Central Asia: Treatment Alternatives for Safe Water Reuse

This review examines wastewater treatment challenges in Central Asia, where treated wastewater is increasingly reused due to water scarcity despite inadequate treatment infrastructure. Researchers found that current practices often fail to remove contaminants of emerging concern before effluent enters surface and groundwater used for drinking and irrigation. The study explores alternative treatment technologies, including biological systems, advanced oxidation processes, and managed aquifer recharge, aimed at improving water quality for safe reuse.

2023 Sustainability 13 citations
Review Tier 2

Cellulose-Based Sorbents: A Comprehensive Review of Current Advances in Water Remediation and Future Prospects

This review examines advances in cellulose-based sorbent materials for removing heavy metals and organic pollutants from wastewater. The study highlights that various modification methods such as carboxylation, amination, and oxidation can enhance cellulose's sorption capacity, making it a promising biodegradable alternative for sustainable water treatment technologies.

2024 Molecules 18 citations
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Integrated Recycling and The Impact of Plastic Waste from Industry and Agriculture on The Environment

This review examined the environmental impacts of plastic waste from industrial and agricultural sources and assessed integrated recycling strategies for reducing those impacts. The paper discussed how plastic waste prevention, collection, and recycling can minimize pollution and climate contributions from the growing global plastic waste stream.

2024 Qubahan Academic Journal 4 citations
Article Tier 2

New color changing sorption material for effective removal of heavy metals from wastewater

Researchers synthesized a novel zeolite-based sorbent modified with polyethylene polyamine, 1,2-pyridylazonaphthol, and ED-20 epoxy resin for removing heavy metal cations from wastewater, achieving a maximum sorption capacity of 220 mg/g. The material provides a visual color-change indicator of sorption efficiency, is unaffected by competing alkali and alkaline earth metal cations, and can be regenerated and reused across 10-12 desorption cycles using 0.20 M HCl.

2024 Bulletin of the Tomsk Polytechnic University Geo Assets Engineering
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ISOLATION OF MICROFIBERS IN THE PROCESSING OF POLYAMIDE FABRICS

This Russian study examined the release of synthetic microfibers during mechanical processing of polyamide fabrics — including cutting and sewing — finding that manufacturing operations are a significant but overlooked source of microplastic fiber pollution.

2022 Materiali in tehnologije 4 citations