Biochar for the removal of contaminants from soil and water: a review

M Qiu, L Liu, Q Ling, Y Cai, S Yu, S Wang, D Fu, B Hu… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
Biochar shows significant potential to serve as a globally applicable material to remediate
water and soil owing to the extensive availability of feedstocks and conducive physio …

Micro-and nano-plastics (MNPs) as emerging pollutant in ground water: Environmental impact, potential risks, limitations and way forward towards sustainable …

V Kumar, E Singh, S Singh, A Pandey… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics play an indispensable role in our daily lives, owing to their ease in use, low cost,
strength, versatility and durability but their excessive usage in packaging industries …

Biochar application in anaerobic digestion: Performances, mechanisms, environmental assessment and circular economy

L Chen, W Fang, J Liang, M Nabi, Y Cai… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding on effectiveness of biochar application in anaerobic digestion while
attaching importance to impact of this process on environment and circular economy have …

Removal of microplastics and nanoplastics from urban waters: separation and degradation

Z Chen, X Liu, W Wei, H Chen, BJ Ni - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The omnipresent micro/nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) in urban waters arouse great public
concern. To build a MP/NP-free urban water system, enormous efforts have been made to …

Adsorptive behavior of micro (nano) plastics through biochar: Co-existence, consequences, and challenges in contaminated ecosystems

R Kumar, A Verma, MRJ Rakib, PK Gupta… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The abundance of micro (nano) plastics in natural ecosystems is a crucial global challenge,
as these small-sized plastic particles originate from land-based and marine-based activities …

Microplastics in sewage sludge: distribution, toxicity, identification methods, and engineered technologies

MK Nguyen, M Hadi, C Lin, HL Nguyen, VB Thai… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution is becoming a global challenge due to its long-term accumulation in
the environment, causing adverse effects on human health and the ecosystem. Sludge …

Nanomaterials-based adsorbents for remediation of microplastics and nanoplastics in aqueous media: A review

M Sajid, I Ihsanullah, MT Khan, N Baig - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
Contamination of water resources with inorganic and organic pollutants presents a great
challenge for aquatic, human, and wildlife sustainability. Microplastics (MPs) have also been …

Removal of pristine and aged microplastics from water by magnetic biochar: adsorption and magnetization

J Li, X Chen, S Yu, M Cui - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Adsorption is an efficient and eco-friendly removal technique for small pristine microplastics
in water. However, small pristine microplastics are not representative of those large …

Removal of polystyrene nanoplastics from aqueous solutions using a novel magnetic material: Adsorbability, mechanism, and reusability

H Zhao, X Huang, L Wang, X Zhao, F Yan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Nano/microplastics (NPs/MPs) in aquatic systems have become a special source of
concern to the global environment and have attracted widespread attention over the years …

Application of advanced oxidation processes for the removal of micro/nanoplastics from water: A review

X Wang, Y Dai, Y Li, L Yin - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Micro/nanoplastics (MNPs) have been increasingly found in environments, food, and
organisms, arousing wide public concerns. MNPs may enter food chains through water …