Adsorption of emerging pollutants utilizing chitosan derivatives: Recent advances and future perspective

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 299, P. 140203 - 140203

Published: Jan. 21, 2025

Language: Английский

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Phytoremediation of microplastics by water hyacinth

Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 24, P. 100540 - 100540

Published: Feb. 11, 2025

Microplastics have emerged as pervasive environmental pollutants, posing significant risks to both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems worldwide. Current remediation strategies-including physical, chemical, microbial methods-are inadequate for large-scale, in situ removal of microplastics, highlighting the urgent need alternative solutions. Phytoremediation, an eco-friendly cost-effective technology, holds promise addressing these challenges, though its application microplastic pollution remains underexplored. Here we show capacity Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth), a fast-growing, floating plant, remove microplastics from contaminated water. Our results that within 48 h, water hyacinth achieved efficiencies 55.3 %, 69.1 68.8 % 0.5, 1, 2 μm polystyrene particles, respectively, with root adsorption identified primary mechanism. Fluorescence microscopy revealed extremely large abundant caps, featuring total surface area exceeding 150,000 mm2 per serve principal sites entrapment microplastics. Furthermore, unique "vascular ring" structure stem prevents translocation aerial tissues, safeguarding leaves potential downstream applications. This study offers first microstructural insight into mechanisms underpinning hyacinth's exceptional resilience, providing promising framework developing phytoremediation strategies mitigate ecosystems.

Language: Английский

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Microplastic removal by coagulation: a review of optimizing the reaction conditions and mechanisms

Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 2(4)

Published: Oct. 28, 2023

Coagulation is a widely employed technique for removing suspended particles from water and wastewater, recently, it has gotten attention as popular method the removal of microplastics (MPs). Studies on coagulation-based MPs are still in their infancy, few findings available about this treatment approach, its mechanism, efficiency. Given these gaps, study was designed to comprehensively investigate recent advances via coagulation. The influence various experimental factors such coagulant type, dose coagulant, pH solution, shape critically reviewed. showed that optimizing environmental conditions during coagulation process crucial improving reducing energy costs. efficiency depends optimal reaction conditions, which may vary depending type concentration characteristics or wastewater being treated. Optimizing is, therefore, critical achieving maximum More extensive research required reveal mechanisms controlling floc density pollutants effluent. Consequently, current review aims highlight gaps challenges associated with techniques treatment. Current advancements synthesis chemical modification bio-based coagulants performance could constitute paradigm shift ecosystem protection sustainability. use eco-friendly combining other suggested increase efficacy viability method. This will provide significant insights field researchers, guiding future investigations contributing advancement knowledge.

Language: Английский

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Microplastics in surface water: occurrence, ecological implications, quantification methods and remediation technologies

Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 474, P. 144936 - 144936

Published: July 25, 2023

Language: Английский

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Microplastics as hazardous pollutants: Occurrence, effects, removal and mitigation by using plastic waste as adsorbents and supports for photocatalysts

Journal of environmental chemical engineering, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11(6), P. 111107 - 111107

Published: Sept. 27, 2023

Language: Английский

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