Biochar made from corn cobs can remove microplastics and ammonia from water, offering a low-cost, reusable filter made from ...
Corn cob biochar made from farm waste can remove up to two thirds of ammonia and almost all micro and nanoplastics from water ...
A closeup electron microscopy image of activated carbon, like those found in water filters. Credit: Dr. Mark Gale Activated carbon filters have become common household items as water filters in ...
Studies have long identified washing machines as a major contributor to microplastics, with fibers shedding from clothing during routine cycles. According to researchers at the University of Bonn, a ...
Thirty-one households in Narayan Tole near Maharajgunj of KMC-3 have recently constructed ‘up-flow bio-filters’ to treat toilet waste produced in their houses. They have constructed two such filters ...
Microplastic fibers from synthetic clothing have quietly become one of the most pervasive forms of pollution in rivers, ...
Huge quantities of plastic waste are littering the planet today, stimulating both governments and the public to react in their own ways to quell the threat to global life systems. From 2021, ...
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the filters market for wastewater treatment industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 6% during the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Upgrades to a wastewater treatment plant in Colorado helped filter out gender-bending chemicals that were affecting fish, U.S. researchers reported on Monday. They said male ...