About this Research Topic
Researchers have come up, successfully and cost-effectively, with several solutions to treat greywater. Of these, a biomaterial-based technology known as biosorption seems promising. Biosorption is a physicochemical process that involves the interaction between pollutant and functional groups on the biomaterial surface, such as carboxyl, hydroxyl, sulfhydryl, phosphoryl, and amine. This method proves to be favourable because of its affordability, efficacy, and applicability. Moreover, if agricultural waste materials are used as biosorbents, this approach becomes even more eco-friendly and aligned with sustainable practices in food systems. Due to the huge surface area, high sorption capacity, and surface reactivity of sorbents, sorption could be a revolutionary, low-cost alternative to traditional methods of greywater treatment. Natural materials, live or dead biomass, agricultural waste, or industrial byproducts as well as synthetic sorbents, can be utilised as adsorbents with minimum processing, potentially achieving efficient and low-cost adsorption methods for water treatment. This creates opportunities to improve water quality in field crops, promoting environmentally sound practices and addressing the challenges faced by underdeveloped countries, including waste management of agricultural byproducts and treatment of industrial effluents.
This Research Topic welcomes original research articles, methods, reviews, mini-reviews, and opinion papers that address the following topics in field crops, but are not limited to:
- Decontamination of polluted water from harmful dyes, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, metal contents, etc.
- Use of cost-effective materials for water purification
- Addressing issues of water scarcity and environmental pollution
- Provision of new ideologies to report and handle environmental glitches like the waste management of agricultural waste material and treatment of industrial effluents which are major issues of underdeveloped countries
- Providing a cost-effective method to industries for the treatment of their effluents.
- Introducing innovative ideas in the field of adsorption and water treatment.
Keywords: water footprint, surface chemistry, adsorption, water pollutants, water pollution, dyes, industrial effluents
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