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61,005 resultsShowing papers similar to Use of Agroindustrial Materials as Activated Carbon Precursors for Caffeine Removal: Global Overview
ClearSynthesis and Application of Granular Activated Carbon from Biomass Waste Materials for Water Treatment: A Review
Researchers reviewed advances in making granular activated carbon (a porous material that traps pollutants) from agricultural and forestry waste, finding it can effectively remove heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, and microplastics from water and can be regenerated for reuse. The review highlights remaining challenges around durability and cost and calls for more study on removing emerging contaminants like microplastics.
Drugs Removal from Wastewater with Activated Carbon from Coffee Waste
Researchers developed activated carbon from coffee grounds collected in Dubai to treat hospital wastewater, finding that chromatographic analysis confirmed complete elimination of many pharmaceuticals and over 90% removal of others through adsorption, demonstrating a dual-waste-recovery approach.
Emerging Contaminants and Their Removal from Aqueous Media Using Conventional/Non-Conventional Adsorbents: A Glance at the Relationship between Materials, Processes, and Technologies
This review covers various methods for removing emerging contaminants, including microplastics, from water using materials that absorb pollutants. Activated carbon remains the most effective option, but researchers are also developing cheaper alternatives from agricultural waste and nanomaterials. The work is important because better water treatment methods could reduce human exposure to microplastics and other harmful substances in drinking water.
An Overview on the Development of Activated Carbon from Agricultural Waste Materials
This review examines the development of activated carbon derived from agricultural waste materials including crop residues, food scraps, and other biomass by-products as a sustainable alternative to conventional activated carbon sources. The study evaluates how activation parameters such as activating agents, temperature, and impregnation ratio influence the structural and surface characteristics of the resulting materials.
Adsorption of heavy metal onto biomass-derived activated carbon: review
This review summarizes how activated carbon made from plant-based materials can be used to remove heavy metals from polluted water. Since microplastics in water often carry and concentrate heavy metals on their surface, improving our ability to filter these combined contaminants is important for protecting drinking water and human health.
Tea/Coffee Sustainable Nanoarchitectures Purify Wastewater
Researchers developed tea- and coffee-derived carbon nanomaterials as sustainable adsorbents for wastewater purification, testing their capacity to remove organic pollutants and heavy metals from contaminated water. The bio-based nanoarchitectures achieved high removal efficiencies comparable to commercial activated carbon.
Efficient Decontamination: Caffeine/Triclosan Removal using Rice Husk in Batch and Fixed-Bed Columns
Researchers tested rice husk biosorbents of three particle size ranges for adsorbing caffeine and triclosan from water in both batch and continuous fixed-bed column experiments. The agricultural waste material showed effective removal of these emerging pharmaceutical contaminants, offering a low-cost and accessible treatment approach.
Trends and Perspectives Towards Activated Carbon and Activated Carbon-derived Materials in Environmental Catalysis Applications
This review examines trends and emerging applications of activated carbon and activated carbon-derived materials in environmental catalysis, highlighting their chemical stability, high surface area, and porosity as properties that make them effective in remediation and degradation processes.
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This is an index page from a reference book on water treatment and environmental remediation, listing key topics including activated carbon adsorbents used to remove contaminants from water. Adsorption-based treatment methods are among the approaches studied for microplastic removal from drinking water.
Key adsorbents and influencing factors in the adsorption of micro- and nanoplastics: A review
This review looks at ways to remove microplastics and nanoplastics from drinking water using adsorption, a process where contaminants stick to a filter material. Carbon-based materials show the most promise because they are affordable and environmentally friendly. The authors emphasize the need to scale up these methods from the lab to real-world water treatment plants.
Utilizing Coffee Husk Biochar as an Effective Adsorbent for Ammonium Removal in Groundwater
Researchers evaluated coffee husk biochar as an adsorbent for removing ammonium from groundwater, finding strong adsorption performance at low cost. The study is focused on water treatment chemistry and is not directly related to microplastic research.
Advanced adsorbents for ibuprofen removal from aquatic environments: a review
This review examines advanced methods for removing ibuprofen, a common painkiller, from water systems using materials like activated carbon, biochar, and metal-organic frameworks. Ibuprofen is widespread in waterways and poses risks to aquatic life and potentially human health. Carbon-based materials showed the highest removal capacity, offering promising solutions for cleaning pharmaceutical pollution from drinking water sources.
Microplastic Removal from Water Using Biomass‐Based Carbon: A Review of Recent Advances
This review evaluates the potential of carbon materials derived from biomass, such as agricultural waste and wood, for removing microplastics from water. Researchers found that these materials offer advantages including low cost, abundant raw material sources, and effective removal capabilities. The study highlights biomass-derived carbon as a promising sustainable technology for addressing microplastic contamination in aquatic environments.
A Review on Cassava Residues as Adsorbents for Removal of Organic and Inorganic Contaminants in Water and Wastewater
This paper is not relevant to microplastics research — it reviews cassava agricultural residues as adsorbents for removing heavy metals and organic pollutants from water, covering adsorption kinetics and thermodynamics.
Carbon-based adsorbents for micro/nano-plastics removal: current advances and perspectives
Scientists reviewed how carbon-based materials like graphene, activated carbon, and carbon nanotubes can be used to remove micro- and nanoplastics from water. Researchers found that these adsorbents show strong potential for capturing tiny plastic particles thanks to their tunable surface properties and high surface area. The study suggests that carbon-based filtration could become an important technology for cleaning microplastic-contaminated water.
Recent methods in the production of activated carbon from date palm residues for the adsorption of textile dyes: A review
This review examines the potential of date palm residues as a renewable and cost-effective precursor for producing activated carbon to adsorb textile dyes from wastewater, covering recent technological advances in carbonization and activation methods.
Activated carbon production from Polystyrene Co-Pyrolysis: a bibli-ometric analysis
Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of research on activated carbon production from polystyrene co-pyrolysis, mapping the growth and trends in this field as a sustainable approach to valorizing waste plastic while producing adsorbents for environmental contaminant removal.
Optimising the adsorption characteristics of spent coffee grounds by thermal and chemical activation
Researchers optimized the adsorption properties of spent coffee grounds by testing thermal activation and phosphoric acid treatment, finding that heating at 600°C increased specific surface area by 72% while acid treatment provided further improvements. The study identified conditions for maximum methylene blue dye adsorption, suggesting spent coffee grounds as a potential low-cost water treatment adsorbent.
Comparative systematic review of low-cost adsorbents for fluoride and heavy metal removal in rural water supplies in South Africa (1 January 2000 – 30 June 2025)
This systematic review compared low-cost adsorbents derived from agricultural and natural materials for removing fluoride and heavy metals from drinking water in rural South Africa. While focused on traditional contaminants, the adsorption techniques reviewed are also applicable to emerging water treatment challenges including microplastic removal in resource-limited settings.
Carbon-based composites for removal of pharmaceutical components from water
This review examines how carbon-based materials — including activated carbon, carbon nanotubes, and graphene — effectively remove pharmaceutical pollutants from water, highlighting their promise for addressing drug contamination in aquatic environments.
Efficient dye removal from industrial wastewater using sustainable activated carbon and its polyamide nanocomposite derived from agricultural and industrial wastes in column systems
Researchers fabricated sustainable activated carbon and polyamide nanocomposites from agricultural and industrial waste for efficient dye removal from industrial wastewater using column adsorption systems.
Mechanisms of Methylparaben Adsorption onto Activated Carbons: Removal Tests Supported by a Calorimetric Study of the Adsorbent–Adsorbate Interactions
This study examined how methylparaben (a common preservative in cosmetics and food) is removed from water by activated carbon, finding the process is effective across a range of conditions. Activated carbon-based treatment is relevant to removing not just chemical pollutants but potentially microplastic particles from water.
Biobased Activated Carbon and Its Application
Not relevant to microplastics — this chapter reviews biobased activated carbon derived from biomass, covering its production, high surface area properties, and applications in water treatment, air purification, energy storage, and soil remediation; microplastics are listed as one of many pollutants it can adsorb but are not the paper's focus.
Removal of Malachite Green from Aqueous Solution using Ficus Benjamina Activated Carbon-Nonmetal Oxide synthesized by pyro Carbonic Acid Microwave
This paper is not about microplastics; it describes the use of activated carbon derived from Ficus benjamina plant waste to remove the synthetic dye malachite green from water (abstract in Arabic).