Mini-Review: Removal of pharmaceuticals and dyes pollution from wastewater using modified agriculture wastes

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Chemical Engineering Department, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt.

10.1088/1757-899X/975/1//iccee.2025.460354

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The seepage, discharge or uncontrolled disposal of pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, and/or dyes into water bodies is a growing environmental and health concern. These substances, emanated from medical, agriculture, domestic and industrial activities, contaminate water and adversely impact ecosystems and human health. Traditional treatment methods, such as adsorption, bio-degradation, advanced oxidation, photo-catalysis, coagulation, ozonation and filtration are commonly used. Among these, adsorption using agricultural waste is preferred due to its cost-effectiveness, simplicity, practicality and availability/ease of bio-wastes processing. To enhance the performance of agricultural wastes for organic pollutants removal, modification(s) is (are) performed on the raw materials, either physically or chemically, to increase porosity/surface area, carbon content, surface functionality and (or) hydrophilicity.
The International Conference on Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Volume 13, Issue 13
13th International Conference on Chemical and Environmental Engineering (ICEE-13).
October 2025
Pages 1-8

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