Water pollution is one of the main challenges that severely affects human health and aquatic ecosystems. Chemical pollutants, including industrial waste, agricultural runoff, and clinical sources, can contaminate water. Photocatalytic processes prese...
Piezocatalytic materials have attracted widespread attention in the fields of clean energy and water treatment because of their ability to convert mechanical energy directly into chemical energy. In this study, γ-AlON particles synthesised usin...
One of the biggest problems worldwide is the pollution of natural water bodies by dyes coming from effluents used in the textile industry. In the quest for novel effluent treatment alternatives, the aim of this work was to immobilize Fe(III) complexe...
Water pollution from dyes is harmful to the environment, plants, animals, and humans and is one of the most widespread problems afflicting people throughout the world. Adsorption is a widely used method to remove contaminants derived from the textile...
Emerging pollutants such as pharmaceuticals and synthetic dyes increasingly enter agricultural soils through irrigation with treated or untreated wastewater and via biosolid amendments, raising concerns for plant health, soil functionality, and food...
Developing sustainable TiO2-based photocatalysts for environmental remediation is an increasingly significant area of research. However, a limited understanding of the long-term ecological impact of these photocatalysts poses a barrier to their pract...
The textile dyeing and printing (TDP) industry in Zhejiang Province faces significant pressure to reduce conventional pollutants and carbon emissions. Dyeing and finishing (DF) are key links in energy consumption and pollutant emissions in the TDP in...
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanomaterials have been ubiquitously investigated as a photocatalyst for organic contaminant treatment in wastewater due to their exemplary semiconductor properties. However, their huge band gap remains a barrier for visible l...
Photocatalysis is a promising route to utilize sunlight, which has been potentially used to solve energy as well as environmental problems with an emphasis on fundamental understanding and technological applications in society. Semiconductors are exc...
The presence of dye in wastewater causes substantial threats to the environment, and has negative impacts not only on human health but also on the health of other organisms that are part of the ecosystem. Because of the increase in textile manufactur...
Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) in the form of agricultural, forestry, and agro-industrial wastes is globally generated in large volumes every year. The chemical components of LCB render them a substrate valuable for biofuel production. It is hard to d...
The discharge of untreated wastewater, often contaminated by harmful substances, such as industrially used dyes, can provoke environmental and health risks. Among various techniques, the adsorption of dyes, using three-dimensional (3D) networks consi...
Water pollution is a significant environmental issue that has emerged because of industrial and economic growth. Human activities such as industrial, agricultural, and technological practices have increased the levels of pollutants in the environment...
This study assesses the extent of heavy metals (HMs) contamination and the associated ecological risks in soils surrounding waste landfills at the former Boruta Dye Industry Plant in Zgierz, Poland. Soil samples were collected during two sampling cam...
The suitability of advanced oxidation processes to industrial pollutants was evaluated. Three dyes were selected for research: Indigo carmine, Tartrazine, and Allura red AC. Single processes (oxidation by H2O2, Fenton process, ozonation), and hybrid...
The adsorptive performance of mesoporous silica-based materials towards inorganic (metal ions) and organic (dyes) water pollutants was investigated. Mesoporous silica materials with different particle size, surface area and pore volume were prepared...
Water and chemical use in textile dye production are exacerbating water pollution and extraction across Dhaka, Narayanganj, and Gazipur in Bangladesh, where these industries are concentrated. However, the ability to cope with water-related challenges...
This study investigates the viability of developing chitosan-based hydrogels derived from waste shrimp shells for the removal of methylene blue and methyl orange, thereby transforming food waste into advanced materials for environmental remediation....
Over the past three decades, chemical and biological water contamination has become a major concern, particularly in the industrialized world. Heavy metals, aromatic compounds, and dyes are among the harmful substances that contribute to water pollut...
Industrial effluents containing persistent synthetic dyes represent an important environmental challenge because of their high chemical stability, low biodegradability, and potential adverse effects on aquatic ecosystems. This study evaluates electro...
Pollution in ecosystems has increased, especially in water, due to the pollutant agents that alter their chemical, physical and biological characteristics. This requires actions to resolve or at least reduce the harmful effects generated on the envir...
Electrochemical removal of organic pollutants represents an attractive methodology in water depollution. The key challenges for researchers comprise finding simple, affordable electrode materials with satisfactory efficiency in all ranges of pollutan...
A multi-step procedure, based on the employment of K10-Montmorillonite, is proposed for the selective removal of metal ions and dyes from a multicomponent solution. The objective is twofold: decontaminate the effluents and separate and recover the va...
Layered double hydroxide Ti-Zn-CO3 was synthesized by the co-precipitation method with a molar ratio of 2. The synthesized material was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermal analysis (TGA/DT...
Azo dyes are widely spread in our day life, being heavily used in cosmetics, healthcare products, textile industries, and as artificial food colorants. This intense industrial activity, which inherently includes their own production, inexorably leads...
Industrial effluents result in water pollution and affect the biological activity of aquatic and terrestrial life. In this study, efficient fungal strains were isolated from the aquatic environment and identified as Aspergillus fumigatus (SN8c)...
Ecosystems around the world are experiencing a major environmental impact from microplastic particles (MPs 0.1 µm–1 mm). Water, sediments, and aquatic biota show the widespread presence of this pollutant. However, MPs are rarely used in l...
Water pollution poses a significant threat to both human health and ecosystem integrity. Chemical pollutants such as dyes and pesticides affect the water quality and endanger aquatic life. Among the methods for water purification from organic polluta...
Fungal biosorption is an environmental biotechnology based on the ability of the fungal cell wall to concentrate harmful water pollutants. Among its advantages are its simplicity, high efficiency, flexibility of operation, and low cost. The biosorpti...
Pollution of water resources with hazardous substances of anthropogenic origin (e.g., synthetic dyes, heavy metal ions) is currently one of the most important environmental issues, and the development of not only effective and economical but also eco...
Use of dyes as well as colorants in industrial processes has extensively increased. Effluents from various industries such as textile, paint, food, etc. are reported to have a diverse range of colorants. The effluents from these industries are often...
The secondary effluent from printing and dyeing wastewater contains recalcitrant organic pollutants, such as azo dye derivatives. Their persistence in aquatic environments not only creates ecological risks but also hampers the high-value reuse of rec...
Water is an essential substance for the survival on Earth of all living organisms. However, population growth has disturbed the natural phenomenon of living, due to industrial growth to meet ever expanding demands, and, hence, an exponential increase...
The aim of this study is to decorate a glass surface with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and further prove its efficiency in the removal of some thio-derivatives—potential pollutants from water. Therefore, grafting the surface of glass-based plat...
Water recovery is a significant proposition for human survival and sustainable development, and we never stop searching for more efficient, easy-operating, low-cost and environmentally friendly methods to decontaminate water bodies. Herein, we combin...
Chitosan is considered to be one of the most promising and applicable materials in adsorption applications. The existence of amino and hydroxyl groups in its molecules contributes to many possible adsorption interactions between chitosan and pollutan...
Chitosan is a natural polymer derived from chitin through the deacetylation process. It has emerged as a key ingredient in sustainable wastewater treatment, due to its biodegradability, non-toxicity, and low cost. This biopolymer possesses abundant f...
Currently, there is an increasing need to find new ways to purify water by eliminating bacterial biofilms, textile dyes, and toxic water pollutants. These contaminants pose significant risks to both human health and the environment. To address this i...
The emerging concepts of sustainable textiles and controlled production strategy demands ideally zero emissions of contaminants into the aquatic environment. However, the currently in-practiced conventional processes in textiles dispose of a number o...
Aerogels are open, three-dimensional, porous materials characterized by outstanding properties, such as low density, high porosity, and high surface area. They have been used in various fields as adsorbents, catalysts, materials for thermal insulatio...
This study concerns the investigation of the sorption and desorption phenomena of the organic dye methylene blue (MB) on three different marine sediments and non-living biomass of the seagrass species Posidonia oceanica. All tested adsorbents were of...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a surge in the use of disposable surgical masks, primarily composed of polypropylene (>86% carbon), whose improper disposal contributes to persistent microplastic pollution. In alignment with circular economy princ...
Proper treatment and disposal of industrial pollutants of all kinds are a global issue that presents significant techno-economical challenges. The presence of pollutants such as heavy metal ions (HMIs) and organic dyes (ODs) in wastewater is consider...
Catalysts are ubiquitous in manufacturing industries and gas phase pollutant abatement but are not widely used in wastewater treatment, as high temperatures and concentrated waste streams are needed to achieve the reaction degradation rates required....
Environmental pollution from ozone and wastewaters containing dyes from various industries is an important problem for humanity. In this study, novel composite catalysts based on manganese carbonate ore from the Obrochishte deposit, Bulgaria, were us...
Biosorption is a variant of sorption techniques in which the sorbent is a material of biological origin. This technique is considered to be low cost and environmentally friendly, and it can be used to remove pollutants from aqueous solutions. The obj...
One of the major concerns that receive global attention is the presence of organic pollutants (dyes, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, phenolic compounds, heavy metals, and so on), originating from various industries, in wastewater and water resources. Rh...
Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) is one of the most well-known graphene derivatives, which, due to its outstanding physical and chemical properties as well as its oxygen content, has been used for wastewater treatment technologies. Particularly, extra fu...
As water pollution from dyes, pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, and other emerging contaminants continues to rise at an alarming rate, ensuring access to clean and safe water has become a pressing global challenge. Conventional water treatment methods,...
Water pollution by contaminants such as toxic metals and dyes is now a major concern due to their high toxicity and persistence in the environment. Advances in nanotechnology have enabled the use of micro/nanomaterials to treat and purify water in va...
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