Valorization of cherry pits: Great Lakes agro-industrial waste to mediate Great Lakes water quality

To meet human food and fiber needs in an environmentally economically sustainable way, we must improve the efficiency of waste, water, nutrient use by converting vast quantities agricultural waste to renewable bioproducts. This work converts cherry pits, abundant Great Lakes region, biochars activated via slow pyrolysis. Biochars produced have surface areas between 206 274 m2/g increased bioavailability Fe, K, Mg, Mn, P. The can be implemented as soil amendments reduce run-off serve a valuable carbon sink (biochars contain 74–79% carbon), potentially mitigating harmful algal blooms Lakes. CO2-activated up 629 exhibit selective metal adsorption for removal metals from simulated contaminated drinking environmental problem plaguing this region. Through waste-to-byproduct valorization convert biomass into biochar amendment remove thus alleviating economic issues associated with pit handling reducing impact processing industry.