Authorities have been applying very strict regulations for the treatment of industrial wastewater recently because of the threatening level of the environmental pollution faced. Industrial wastewater containing heavy metals is a threat to the public health because of the accumulation of the heavy metals in the aquatic life which is transferred to human bodies through the food chain. Therefore, recently, researchers have been oriented toward the practical use of adsorbents for the treatment of wastewater polluted by heavy metals. The aim of this research was to determine the retention capacity of compost for copper, zinc, nickel and chromium. For this purpose, experiments in batch-mixing reactors with initial metal concentrations ranging from 100 to 1,000 mg/l were carried. It was also observed that compost could repeatedly be used in metal sorption processes. The experiments conducted indicated that compost has high retention capacities for copper, zinc and nickel, but not for chromium. Thus, compost has been approved as a potential sorbent for copper, zinc and nickel and may find place in industrial applications. Thus, solid waste which is another source of significant environmental pollution will be reduced by being converted into a beneficial product compost.
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Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University, 34342, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey
Günay Kocasoy & Zeynep Güvener
Correspondence to Günay Kocasoy.
About this article Cite this articleKocasoy, G., Güvener, Z. Efficiency of compost in the removal of heavy metals from the industrial wastewater. Environ Geol 57, 291–296 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-008-1372-3
Received: 09 January 2008
Accepted: 05 May 2008
Published: 20 May 2008
Issue Date: March 2009
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-008-1372-3
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