Abstract Background Cocoa Pod Husk (CPH) is the main by-product from the coca industry
constituting 67–76% of the cocoa fruit weight. This waste represents an important, and …

Cocoa beans provide raw materials for global food industries valued in excess of $47 billion
in world exportations. Through on-farm processing, about 80% of cocoa fruit is discarded as …

Industries generating wastewater with elevated concentrations of pollutants (eg metals,
dyes, phenolic compounds, anions, etc.) need specialized atreatment systems. Adsorption is …

The annual production of cocoa is approximately 4.7 million tons of cocoa beans, of which
only 10% corresponds to the cocoa bean and the remaining value corresponds to a high …

Present work aims to investigate the adsorptive characteristics of agricultural wastes (Citrus
Limetta Peel and Zea Mays Cob) for effective removal of dyes from aqueous solutions. Batch …

Mesoporous activated carbon (AC) was prepared via sodium hydroxide (NaOH) activation of
hydrochar from the hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of palm date seed (PDS). The textural …

Abstract Nitrate (NO 3−) and chromium (Cr (VI)) ions from contaminated aqueous solutions
were successfully adsorbed onto functionalized cocoa shell (ECAB, an agricultural waste …

Adsorptive potential of an agricultural waste, oat hull for the removal of a dye, Malachite
Green from aqueous solutions was investigated. The adsorbent was characterized by FTIR …

Cocoa pod husk (CPH) has been valorised as adsorbents for the removal of a variety of
chemical species from aqueous media. This review was conducted to catalogue the …

The presence of sodium diclofenac (SD) in wastewater effluent, surface water and even in
drinking water has prompted worldwide concerns due to the harmful effects of this pollutant …