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Fenton and solar Fenton processes: inexpensive green technologies for the decontamination of wastewater from toxic Rhodamine B dye pollutant

Not directly relevant to microplastics — this paper evaluates Fenton and solar Fenton oxidation processes for degrading Rhodamine B textile dye in wastewater.

2023 Water Practice & Technology 12 citations
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Recent Advances in the Remediation of Textile-Dye-Containing Wastewater: Prioritizing Human Health and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment

This review examines how the textile industry is a major source of wastewater containing harmful dyes and chemicals that threaten water quality and human health. It evaluates sustainable treatment approaches including bio-adsorbents, membrane technology, and advanced oxidation processes for cleaning textile wastewater and recovering useful materials.

2024 Sustainability 398 citations
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Peroxymonosulfate Activation by Facile Fabrication of α-MnO2 for Rhodamine B Degradation: Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism

This is a water chemistry study demonstrating that manganese dioxide nanowires can efficiently break down the dye Rhodamine B in water using an advanced oxidation process; it is not a microplastics research paper.

2023 Molecules 13 citations
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Synergistic Microbial Degradation of Microplastics and Toxic Dyes Showing Potential Reuse of the Degraded Dye Metabolites

Researchers isolated bacteria from textile dyeing wastewater capable of degrading both polyethylene microplastics and toxic dyes simultaneously, demonstrating a synergistic microbial approach to treating combined plastic and textile effluent pollution.

2023 Biology Bulletin 3 citations
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Performance and Mechanism of Nanoporous Ni@NiO Composites for RhB Ultrahigh Electro-Catalytic Degradation

Researchers developed a nanoporous nickel composite electrode that degraded the textile dye Rhodamine B with exceptional efficiency using electrochemical oxidation, offering a potential treatment approach for dye-contaminated industrial wastewater.

2022 Metals 6 citations
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Effect of spunbond nonwoven microplastics on dye wastewater treatment via hydrogen peroxide–based catalyst–assisted advanced oxidation processes

This study evaluated how spunbond nonwoven microplastics in textile wastewater affect the decolorization of Reactive Red 239 dye using UV/H2O2, Fenton, and photo-Fenton advanced oxidation processes. UV/H2O2 achieved the best performance, and microplastic presence influenced treatment efficiency depending on the process used.

2024 Environmental Advances 6 citations
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Effective degradation of synthetic micropollutants and real textile wastewater via a visible light-activated persulfate system using novel spinach leaf-derived biochar

Researchers created a novel biochar from spinach leaves and used it to activate persulfate for degrading methylene blue dye under visible light conditions. The system achieved over 83% degradation efficiency and showed promise for treating real textile wastewater, demonstrating a sustainable approach to removing organic pollutants from contaminated water.

2024 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 17 citations
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Recovery of Biologically Treated Textile Wastewater by Ozonation and Subsequent Bipolar Membrane Electrodialysis Process

This engineering study tested a bipolar membrane electrodialysis process to recover clean water, acid, and base from biologically treated textile wastewater. The process successfully separated salt and produced usable chemicals. This paper focuses on wastewater treatment technology and is not directly related to microplastics.

2021 Membranes 21 citations
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Performance and Mechanism of Fe3O4 Loaded Biochar Activating Persulfate to Degrade Acid Orange 7

Researchers developed an iron oxide-loaded biochar material that can activate persulfate to break down acid orange 7, a common industrial azo dye pollutant, in water. The modified biochar achieved high degradation rates through a combination of adsorption and advanced oxidation processes. The study demonstrates a potential low-cost approach for treating dye-contaminated wastewater using engineered biochar materials.

2023 Water 15 citations
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Bacterial Augmented Floating Treatment Wetlands for Efficient Treatment of Synthetic Textile Dye Wastewater

Floating treatment wetlands planted with Phragmites australis and inoculated with pollutant-degrading bacteria effectively removed color, chemical oxygen demand, and heavy metals from synthetic textile dye wastewater, outperforming vegetated and unvegetated controls. The bacterial augmentation significantly enhanced the remediation performance, suggesting a promising approach for treating industrial textile effluent.

2020 Sustainability 59 citations
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Optimal concentration and efficiency of the photo fenton system for the treatment of a synthetic textile effluent

This paper is not about microplastics; it evaluates Photo Fenton oxidation as a treatment process for synthetic textile wastewater effluents.

2023 Ambiente e Agua - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Science 2 citations
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Transformation of polyester fibre microplastics by sulfate based advanced oxidation processes

Researchers investigated how sulfate-based advanced oxidation processes break down polyester microplastic fibers using light, heat, and ultrasound activation of persulfate. They found that while these treatments caused varying degrees of mass loss and surface degradation, incomplete degradation produced smaller fragments with altered surface chemistry. The study highlights the importance of understanding how wastewater treatment processes may transform rather than fully eliminate microplastics.

2024 Journal of environmental chemical engineering 16 citations
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Engineered biochar-metal oxide nanocomposites for targeted dye remediation in textile wastewater

**TLDR:** This research review summarizes new materials that could better clean cancer-causing dyes from clothing factory wastewater before it reaches our drinking water sources. While lab tests show these materials can remove over 95% of harmful dyes, they don't work as well in real-world conditions with dirty industrial wastewater. Better water treatment is crucial since textile factories dump 280,000 tons of toxic dyes into waterways each year, threatening both wildlife and human health.

2026 Journal of Ecological Engineering
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Elimination of Microplastics from Textile Industry Wastewater Using Various Treatment Technologies

This review discusses various treatment technologies for removing microplastics from textile industry wastewater, including biotechnological strategies, photodegradation, thermal-oxidative degradation, and Fenton-like systems. The study highlights that synthetic fibers from the textile industry are a major source of microplastic pollution and examines the effectiveness of different approaches for addressing this growing environmental challenge.

2025 1 citations
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Degradation of residual dyes in actual textile wastewater using UV/H2O2: Evaluation of the impact of operating variables through multi-layer perceptron analysis

Researchers evaluated the UV/hydrogen peroxide advanced oxidation process for degrading residual dyes in actual textile wastewater, using machine learning to assess the relative importance of operating variables. The study found that hydrogen peroxide concentration and UV intensity were the most significant factors influencing dye degradation efficiency.

2024 Environmental Engineering Research 13 citations
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Environmental Impact of Textile Materials: Challenges in Fiber–Dye Chemistry and Implication of Microbial Biodegradation

This review examines how the textile industry contributes to environmental pollution through both chemical dye waste and microplastic fiber release. Synthetic fabrics like polyester and nylon shed non-biodegradable microfibers during manufacturing and washing, while the dyeing process generates contaminated wastewater. The paper highlights microbial biodegradation as a promising and cost-effective approach to breaking down both textile waste and the microplastics it produces.

2025 Polymers 33 citations
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Microbial degradation of dyes: An overview

Researchers reviewed microbial degradation of synthetic dyes — major industrial wastewater pollutants — summarizing the bacterial, fungal, and genetically engineered organism pathways involved in azo dye breakdown, and discussing factors such as pH, temperature, and co-substrate availability that govern decolorization efficiency.

2020 Bioresource Technology 535 citations
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Removal of polyester fibre microplastics from wastewater using a UV/H2O2 oxidation process

UV irradiation combined with hydrogen peroxide was evaluated as an advanced oxidation treatment for removing polyester microfibers from laundry wastewater, finding that the process caused measurable mass loss, surface oxidation, and structural degradation of fiber particles. The results demonstrate a potential treatment pathway for microfiber removal at the source before discharge to the environment.

2022 Journal of environmental chemical engineering 75 citations
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Promoting degradation of polyamide-microplastic fibers using hydroxy radical

Researchers found that hydroxyl radicals generated in water can degrade polyamide microplastic fibers shed from synthetic textiles. This approach offers a potential chemical treatment pathway for removing synthetic fiber microplastics from laundry wastewater before they reach waterways.

2023 Research Square (Research Square)
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Biological Removal of Dyes from Wastewater: A Review of Its Efficiency and Advances

This review compares the efficiency of bacteria, algae, fungi, and yeasts for biological removal of dyes from wastewater, finding that mixed bacterial-fungal cultures generally outperform pure cultures. The authors identify genetic engineering and enzyme immobilization as promising advances for improving biodegradation rates but note inconsistent performance across dye types as a key limitation.

2022 Tropical Aquatic and Soil Pollution 54 citations