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Sustainable Management Practices to Treat Solid Waste and Wastewater

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Water Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 February 2023) | Viewed by 2362

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC), Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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Dear Colleagues,

Intensive industrialization and day-to-day human activities generate solid wastes and wastewater thereby polluting the environment. Environmental pollution caused by solid wastes and wastewater is a serious concern worldwide as it threatens human and environmental health. Hence, it is of utmost importance to provide sustainable management solutions to treat solid waste and wastewater. Sustainable management practices are an effective approach to minimizing detrimental effects on the environmental and human health. This Special Issue "Sustainable management practices to treat solid waste and wastewater" not only aims to publish articles on classical sustainable management practices but also on modern sustainable management practices that involve efficient and enhanced clean-up of environmental matrices.

All the scientists/researchers engaged in the field of solid waste management and wastewater treatment are invited for submission of original research articles and critical review papers in this Special Issue of  Sustainability.

Dr. Visva Bharati Barua
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Keywords

  • wastewater treatment
  • solid waste management
  • waste to bioenergy
  • aerobic/anaerobic bioreactors
  • composting/vermicomposting
  • landfill/landfill leachate pollution
  • plastic/microplastic biodegradation
  • microbial remediation
  • phytoremediation
  • environmental pollution

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Guinea Grass (Megathyrsus maximus) Fibres as Sorbent in Diesel Bioremediation
by Farah Eryssa Khalid, Nur Nadhirah Zakaria, Alyza Azzura Azmi, Noor Azmi Shaharuddin, Suriana Sabri, Khalilah Abdul Khalil, Claudio Gomez-Fuentes, Azham Zulkharnain, Sooa Lim and Siti Aqlima Ahmad
Sustainability 2023, 15(5), 3904; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15053904 - 21 Feb 2023
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In this study, the ability of a natural grass named Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea grass) as a sorbent for cleaning up diesel spills in water was investigated. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to identify the physicochemical properties of untreated and treated GG. [...] Read more.
In this study, the ability of a natural grass named Megathyrsus maximus (Guinea grass) as a sorbent for cleaning up diesel spills in water was investigated. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to identify the physicochemical properties of untreated and treated GG. Several parameters influencing the efficiency of oil absorbed by guinea grass were optimised using established One Factor at a Time (OFAT) and followed by Response Surface Methodology (RSM) approaches. The optimised parameters include heat treatment, time of heating, packing density, and diesel concentration, with only the significant factors proceeded to statistical optimisation through RSM. As a result of OFAT analysis, 18.83 mL of oil was absorbed at 110 °C for 15 min time of heating, with packing density of 14 g/cm3 and oil concentration of 10% (v/v). Through RSM, the predicted model was significant, confirming that packing density and oil concentration significantly influenced the efficiency of oil absorption by GG. The software predicted an oil absorption efficiency of 16.64 mL, whereas the experimental model validated the design with 22.33 mL of oil absorbed at a constant temperature and time, respectively. The RSM technique has proven better efficiency and effectiveness in absorbing oil compared to OFAT. This research advances our understanding of the utilisation of natural sorbents as a diesel pollution remediation strategy. Full article
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