Plastic pollutants in water environment

Phthalates as Emerging Pollutants in Water Environment: Control & Treatment Strategies

Floating Plastic Media for Removal of Organic Pollutants in Agricutural Drainage Water

Agricultural drainage water (ADW) may be considered as a strategic reserve to cope with the everincreasing demand for water resources. However, the cost required for treating ADW harnesses its wider reuse. Thus, the current ambition is to continue developing cost-effective technologies and enable the best use of this secondary sustainable resource. This research presents a low-cost suspended ca...

Plastic in the Marine Environment

Plastic is cheap, ubiquitous and persistent. In 2010 the world produced 265M tonnes. Annual output is increasing with new uses and varieties augmenting demand. Plastic persists for centuries, much of it finding its way into coasts and waterways. Approximately 80% of marine debris is plastic (mostly bags and bottles), accumulating through spillage, runoff, dumping and discharge; with varied envi...

Hot spot pollutants: pharmaceuticals in the environment.

Pharmaceuticals are an important and indispensible element of modern life. They are employed in human and veterinary medicine, agriculture and aquaculture. Until the 1990s however, relatively little consideration was given to the likely fate, occurrence or effects of pharmaceuticals in the environment (PIE) following normal use. This apparent lack of scientific interest in pharmaceuticals as co...

Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants in Water

A photocatalyst is defined as a substance which is activated by adsorbing a photon and is capable of accelerating a reaction without being consumed [1]. These substances are invaria‐ bly semiconductors. Semiconducting oxide photocatalysts have been increasingly focused in recent years due to their potential applications in solar energy conversion and environmen‐ tal purification. Semiconductor ...