Halogenated organic compounds are widespread, and decades of heavy use have resulted
in global bioaccumulation and contamination of the environment, including water sources …

Biomass management in terms of energy consumption optimization has become a recent
challenge for developed countries. Nevertheless, the multiplicity of materials and operating …

The thermal treatment of sewage sludge has gained much interest in recent years, as
exemplified by the 269 papers found in the scientific literature for the period 2010–2021. We …

Pyrolysis of pharmaceutical sludge (PS) is a promising way of safe disposal and to recover
energy and resources from waste. The resulting PS biochar (PSBC) is often used as …

Wastewater (sewage) treatment plants generate a high volume of sludge that, although it is
classified as class II-A (not inert) non-hazardous waste, is commonly disposed of in sanitary …

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) was completely defluorinated in aqueous electrocatalysis
with laser-made [NiFe]-layered double hydroxide nanocatalysts immobilized on hydrophilic …

This work describes the impacts of biochar (BC) addition to the anaerobic digestion (AD) of
waste activated sludge (WAS). Three BCs, produced by pyrolysis at 550° C of different waste …

In order to exhaustively investigate the physical and chemical mechanisms of heavy metal
immobilization in sludge incineration residue (SIR)-based magnesium potassium phosphate …

With the increase in the world population and economic activity, the production of sewage
sludge has grown, and its management has become an environmental problem. The most …

This research assessed the recycling feasibility of sewage sludges from Brazilian
wastewater treatment plants for producing ceramic bricks. The process of treating sewage …