Valorization of solid waste products from olive oil industry as potential adsorbents for water pollution control-a review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 268-298

  Bhatnagar, Amit ^a   Kaczala, Fabio ^a   Hogland, William ^a   Marques, Marcia ^a,b   Paraskeva, Christakis A ^c,d   Papadakis, Vagelis G ^d   Sillanpää, Mika ^e  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^e LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adsorbents; Olive mill; Solid waste products; Valorization; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OIL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOLID WASTE; VEGETABLE OIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

OLIVE OIL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADSORPTION; ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; OLIVE TREE; REVIEW; SEWAGE; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICS; WASTE; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OLEA; PLANT OILS; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84891603041     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2135-6     Document Type: Review

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