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Tolerance of Earthworms in Soil Contaminated with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Rubiyatno; Teh, Zee Chuang; Lestari, Diah Velentina; Yulisa, Arma; Musa, Muthah; Chen, Tse-Wei; Darwish, Noura M.; AlMunqedhi, Bandar M.; Hadibarata, Tony
Industrial and Domestic Waste Management Volume 2 - Issue 1 - 2022
Publisher : Tecno Scientifica Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (209.608 KB) | DOI: 10.53623/idwm.v2i1.62

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Pyrene is a very resistant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) with four benzene rings that survives in the environment. This study was aimed at investigating the tolerance of earthworms in soil contaminated with pyrene. The studies were performed by employing earthworms gathered from shady regions adjacent to sewage ponds as pyrene degraders to eradicate pyrene from the soil. Numerous factors affecting pyrene degradation efficiency were explored, including the effect of contaminant concentration, earthworm and soil ration, and soil condition. The highest pyrene removal (31.2%) was shown by earthworms in the condition of soil mixed with cow dung. Pyrene decomposition was inhibited during soil sterilization due to the absence of soil microorganisms and indigenous pyrene-degrading bacteria. Nonetheless, earthworms are suitable for use as pyrene degraders in contaminated soil.
Removal of Cresol Red by Adsorption Using Wastepaper Salman, Mohamad; Demir, Muslum; Tang, Kuok Ho Daniel; Cao, Linh Thi Thuy; Bunrith, Seng; Chen, Tse-Wei; Darwish, Noura M.; AlMunqedhi, Bandar M.; Hadibarata, Tony
Industrial and Domestic Waste Management Volume 2 - Issue 1 - 2022
Publisher : Tecno Scientifica Publishing

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (459.596 KB) | DOI: 10.53623/idwm.v2i1.63

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The utilization of less expensive and more effective adsorbents derived from a variety of basic materials has been investigated. The research aimed to investigate the feasibility of employing waste paper as the adsorbent to remove the cresol red (CR) dye from wastewater through adsorption mechanism. Langmuir, Jovanovic, and Freundlich model were observed for isotherms models, while pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order were examined for kinetic models. The results indicated that increasing the adsorbent dose and contact time gave no significant effect to adsorption capacity while adsorption capacity increased with the increasing of pH until it reached a maximum at pH 8, and raising the starting dye concentration leads in a significant increase in adsorption capacity (16.7 mg/g). When the experimental adsorption isotherms and kinetic were fitted using the Freundlich models and pseudo-second-order model, it was discovered that those models were more accurately represented by the data, as indicated by a high correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.974 and 0.963.