Agricultural practices and industrial and human discharges play an important role in the
generation of highly contaminated effluents, which becomes a threat to the environment. The …

In this work the properties of activated carbon obtained from macauba endocarp were
evaluated, an agro-industrial waste widely produced in Brazil. This material was applied to …

Due to its recalcitrance and difficult disruption, biomass requires severe treatment conditions
to produce bioproducts. These processes also generate substances that inhibit microbial …

Emerging contaminants (ECs) are present in the environment and can affect aquatic fauna
and flora. Due to the difficulty in removing ECs from water, new technologies must be …

In this study, we investigated the acid (HCl) and alkali (KOH) chemical activation of açaí
seeds (Euterpe Oleraceae, Mart.) pre-treatment before pyrolysis at temperatures of 350 …

The presence of dyes in wastewater streams poses a great challenge for sustainability and
brings the need to develop technologies to treat effluent streams. Here, we propose a …

Brazil nut is one of the main non‐timber products from the Amazonia that are traded in the
international market. Up to 85% of the Brazil nut weight corresponds to the inedible wooden …

New insights on KOH-activated carbons prepared from a largely produced waste in Brazil,
açaí berry seeds, are reported. Influence of time (120–360 min), temperature (180–540° C) …

Mercury and its compounds are toxic substances, whose uncontrolled presence in the
environment represents a danger to ecosystems and the organisms that inhabit in it. For this …

The emerging contaminant 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) has been shown to
have harmful effects on the environment and human health. These contaminants present a …