Agricultural Wastes as Renewable Biomass to Remediate Water Pollution

Increases in agricultural waste, population, and industrialization are leading to serious environmental problems, in particular drinking water contamination. Continuous efforts have been made to remediate water pollution through different approaches, either by decreasing the interring of pollutants...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 15; no. 5; p. 4246
Main Authors Noor, Awal, Khan, Sher Ali
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2023
Subjects
Activated carbon
Adsorbents
Adsorption
Agricultural industry
Agricultural pollution
Agricultural production
Agricultural research
Agricultural wastes
Agriculture
Alcohol
Bagasse
Cellulose
Chemical composition
Chemical modification
Contamination
Drinking water
Efficiency
Environmental aspects
Enzymes
Hemicellulose
Incineration
Lignin
Lignocellulose
Metals
Microorganisms
Netherlands
Oxidation
Pesticides
Pollutants
Polymerization
Residues
Water pollution
Water purification
Water treatment
Netherlands
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Summary:Increases in agricultural waste, population, and industrialization are leading to serious environmental problems, in particular drinking water contamination. Continuous efforts have been made to remediate water pollution through different approaches, either by decreasing the interring of pollutants or treatment of already contaminated water. The development of an efficient, cheaper, and renewable adsorbent is the focus of the current research. Agricultural wastes are cheap materials for this purpose and have attracted much attention of researchers. These agricultural wastes are either field residues such as stems, stalks, and leaves, or process residues such as husks, roots, and bagasse, as they have the same chemical composition (cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignocelluloses). These wastes are processed using different methods to yield an efficient adsorbent. Chemical modification is used to prepare novel efficient adsorbents using agricultural wastes, rather than incineration of these materials. This review summarizes the research outcomes in terms of chemical modification and application of agricultural wastes used for the eradication of organic and inorganic pollutants from water.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su15054246