Development of Adsorbent Materials Through Waste Valorization
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 December 2026 | Viewed by 225
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rapid growth of industrialization, urbanization, and agricultural activity has led to an increase in the generation of solid and liquid waste, posing serious challenges to environmental sustainability and human health. Inadequate waste management and uncontrolled effluent discharge have resulted in the widespread contamination of water bodies by a diverse range of pollutants (heavy metals, dyes, pesticides, oils, phenolic compounds and emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products and microplastics). Developing efficient pollutant removal methods is a key research focus aligned with circular economy principles. Adsorption is a widely used remediation approach due to its simplicity and high efficiency in removing organic and inorganic pollutants, but its application is often limited by the cost and availability of conventional adsorbents. The transformation of different waste products into functional adsorbent materials has emerged as a promising strategy to overcome these limitations. Waste valorization provides low-cost and renewable alternatives to traditional adsorbents and contributes to waste reduction, resource recovery and sustainable waste management.
This Special Issue is dedicated to recent advances in the development, modification, and application of waste-derived adsorbents for water pollution reduction. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the synthesis and modification of adsorbents derived from industrial, agricultural, and domestic waste materials; characterization of newly developed adsorbent materials; adsorption studies on inorganic and organic pollutants; analysis of adsorption process mechanisms; pollutant removal process modeling and simulation; regeneration, reuse, and recovery of adsorbents; and the evaluation of adsorbents’ economic and environmental benefits.
Authors are invited to submit original research articles, review papers and short communications addressing these topics.
Dr. Katarina V. Trivunac
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- waste materials
- adsorption
- biosorption
- material modification
- inorganic/organic pollutants
- water treatment
- adsorption mechanisms
- circular economy
- resource recovery
- sustainable waste valorization
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