Water is an exceptionally essential source for the presence of life on the earth. The water
quality has seriously affected because of the overgrowth of the population, human activities …

Over the last decade the world has been generating a high quantity of tangerine peel waste
(TPW), pomegranate peel waste (PPW) and banana peel waste (BPW). These peels have …

The aim of this work is to study the properties of an activated carbon prepared from apricot
stones by carbonisation for 1 h at 700° C and chemical activation with a mixture of H 3 PO …

Considerable amounts of fruit wastes and agro-food residues are generated worldwide as a
result of food processing. Converting the bioactive components (eg, carbohydrates, lipids …

After cellulose, pectin is the most abundant plant polysaccharide. For decades pectins have
been industrially produced from two types of raw material (citrus peel and apple pomace, by …

Fruit peel waste (FPW) is abundantly available from the agricultural and food processing
industry and has been studied in recent past as an adsorbent. This paper critically reviews …

In this study the copper and lead adsorption efficiency onto banana peels powder was
investigated. The agro-industrial waste recovery represents one of the Circular Economy …

Banana peel was used as the feedstock for the preparation of a magnetic adsorbent for the
adsorption of methylene blue (MB) in aqueous solutions. The Fe-modified banana peel was …

Various types of banana waste (BWs) generated after banana crop cultivation have
tremendous potential for bioethanol production. The present review paper aims to bring …

For the proper design of supercritical fluid extraction processes, it is essential to have a
sound knowledge of the mass transfer mechanism of the extraction process and the …