Conversion and removal strategies for microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and landfills

L Hou, D Kumar, CG Yoo, I Gitsov… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been identified as important collection
points and environmental sources for now omnipresent waste in waterways, the contribution …

Microplastics in landfill and leachate: Occurrence, environmental behavior and removal strategies

M Shen, W **ong, B Song, C Zhou, E Almatrafi, G Zeng… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic wastes buried in landfill are gradually broken and decomposed into microplastics
under physical, chemical and biological effects, bringing environmental risks to the …

Antibacterial properties of polyphenols: characterization and QSAR (Quantitative structure–activity relationship) models

L Bouarab-Chibane, V Forquet, P Lantéri… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Besides their established antioxidant activity, many phenolic compounds may exhibit
significant antibacterial activity. Here, the effect of a large dataset of 35 polyphenols on the …

Toxicants inhibiting anaerobic digestion: a review

JL Chen, R Ortiz, TWJ Steele, DC Stuckey - Biotechnology advances, 2014 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is increasingly being used to treat wastes from many sources because
of its manifold advantages over aerobic treatment, eg low sludge production and low energy …

Operational parameters of biogas plants: A review and evaluation study

A Nsair, S Onen Cinar, A Alassali, H Abu Qdais… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The biogas production technology has improved over the last years for the aim of reducing
the costs of the process, increasing the biogas yields, and minimizing the greenhouse gas …

Plant extracts for the control of bacterial growth: Efficacy, stability and safety issues for food application

PS Negi - International journal of food microbiology, 2012 - Elsevier
The microbial safety of foods continues to be a major concern to consumers, regulatory
agencies and food industries throughout the world. Many food preservation strategies have …

Worldwide research progress and trend in sludge treatment and disposal: A bibliometric analysis

L Li, Y Hua, S Zhao, D Yang, S Chen… - ACS ES&T …, 2023 - ACS Publications
As a byproduct of sewage treatment in wastewater treatment plants, sludge has dual
attributes with pollution and resource, and its research is important to ecological …

Inhibition of anaerobic digestion process: a review

Y Chen, JJ Cheng, KS Creamer - Bioresource technology, 2008 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is an attractive waste treatment practice in which both pollution control
and energy recovery can be achieved. Many agricultural and industrial wastes are ideal …

Mechanisms of membrane toxicity of hydrocarbons

JAN Sikkema, JA de Bont, B Poolman - Microbiological reviews, 1995 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microbial transformations of cyclic hydrocarbons have received much attention during the
past three decades. Interest in the degradation of environmental pollutants as well as in …

Removal of dyes from the effluent of textile and dyestuff manufacturing industry: a review of emerging techniques with reference to biological treatment

HS Rai, MS Bhattacharyya, J Singh… - Critical reviews in …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Biological removal of dyes from effluents of textile and dyestuff manufacturing industry offers
some distinct advantages over the commonly used chemicals and physicochemical …