Sorption Activity of Plant Biosorbents in Wastewater Treatment

Authors

  • Anna Poshtarenko

    Department of Biotechnology, State Non-Profit Enterprise State University “Kyiv Aviation Institute”, Kyiv 03058, Ukraine
  • Kateryna Danilova

    Department of Fermentation Product Technology, Institute of Food Resources of National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (NAAS), Kyiv 02002, Ukraine
  • Lyudmila Reshetnyak

    Department of Fermentation Product Technology, Institute of Food Resources of National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine (NAAS), Kyiv 02002, Ukraine
  • Inga Kuznetsova

    Department of Sugar Technology, Sugar Products and Ingredients, Institute of Food Resources of NAAS, Kyiv 02002, Ukraine
  • Larysa Bal-Prylypko

    Department of of Meat, Fish and Seafood Technology, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 03041, Ukraine
  • Ihor Ustymenko

    Department of of Meat, Fish and Seafood Technology, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 03041, Ukraine
  • Rodion Rybchynskyi

    Department of of Meat, Fish and Seafood Technology, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 03041, Ukraine
  • Maksym Ryabovol

    Department of of Meat, Fish and Seafood Technology, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 03041, Ukraine
  • Bohdana Leonova

    Department of of Meat, Fish and Seafood Technology, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 03041, Ukraine
  • Halyna Tolok

    Department of Standardisation and Certification of Agricultural Products, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv 03041, Ukraine
  • Lyudmila Bejko

    Department of Agrobiotechnologies, West Ukrainian National University, Ternopil 46009, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30564/re.v7i2.9048
Received: 10 March 2025 | Revised: 8 April 2025 | Accepted: 10 April 2025 | Published Online: 26 May 2025

Abstract

Wastewater plays a crucial role in deteriorating water quality and can significantly affect human health and ecosystems if discharged without proper treatment. Among available treatment methods, adsorption is often considered an effective, relatively inexpensive, and environmentally friendly purification technique, but its efficiency depends on the sorbents used. The use of low-cost biosorbents with high adsorption capacity is widely studied. These include various biomaterials such as microalgae, cyanobacteria, fungi, and plant materials. The utilization of different biosorbents derived from plant waste, such as Paulownia wood, aspen, hickory, Ziziphus bark, peach tree shavings, as well as grasses such as red fescue and reed, and Sargassum algae in natural and modified forms, is a crucial research direction. Such studies highlight the potential to address waste issues by repurposing it as biosorbents. Several studies have examined the ability of different biosorbents to treat wastewater and suggested that the physicochemical properties of the material's surface, such as specific surface area, pore size, and pore volume, play a decisive role in adsorption capacity. A quantitative analysis of plant-based biosorbents will significantly aid in developing water treatment systems and achieving optimal adsorption through modifications of their physicochemical properties. Furthermore, the analysis will help understand the relative importance of each physicochemical property in determining adsorption capacity, thereby contributing to the implementation of treatment methods targeting specific pollutants.

Keywords: biosorption, plant sorbents, adsorption capacity, wastewater

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Anna Poshtarenko, Kateryna Danilova, Lyudmila Reshetnyak, Inga Kuznetsova, Larysa Bal-Prylypko, Ihor Ustymenko, Rodion Rybchynskyi, Maksym Ryabovol, Bohdana Leonova, Halyna Tolok, & Lyudmila Bejko. (2025). Sorption Activity of Plant Biosorbents in Wastewater Treatment. Research in Ecology, 7(2), 118–128. https://doi.org/10.30564/re.v7i2.9048

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