Sustainable Adsorbent Materials for Wastewater Treatment

Dear Colleagues,

As long as the problem of water pollution exists, the challenge of wastewater treatment will be a global imperative. Given that conventional high-tech approaches are losing popularity in large-scale implementations due to various limitations, sustainable adsorbents are becoming a vital tool in water treatment processes. In this regard, the global adsorbent market size is predicted to reach USD 5–6 billion by 2026, with a compound annual growth rate of around 6%.

Wastewater treatment technology with adsorbents is one of the rapidly developing concepts in order to promote sustainability and a greener environment. In addition to nano-adsorbents, the concept of using non-conventional adsorbent materials (agricultural or industrial waste) as a component of the circular economy (while conserving energy) is the main driver of adsorbent sustainability. This concept is currently limited to the laboratory level and is looking for its more valuable place. Thus, let us together raise awareness about sustainable adsorbent materials in water treatment. We invite you to submit your manuscript in this Special Issue of the journal Processes and contribute to the recognition of the importance of adsorbents/biosorbents industrial applications.

This Special Issue, through the Materials Processes Section, aims to summarize sustainable materials as potential adsorbents, their approach for the simultaneous removal of various pollutants from wastewater, and their conversion processes that transform them into value-added products after utilization. This Special Issue provides a platform to researchers and industry experts to present innovative research in the field through original scientific, professional or review papers, and contributions reporting on case studies. Studies covering trends and the limitations of conventional adsorbents as well as adsorbents to address the additional threat of micro- and nanoplastics in waters are also welcome.

We believe that the submitted manuscripts will report interesting advances in the field of development and application of more efficient and sustainable adsorbents in overcoming the challenges of polluted waters. Contributions may include (but are not limited) the following: the direct application of potential adsorbent materials or adsorbents/biosorbents with improved efficiency, such as conventional materials, non-conventional organic, or inorganic sources, agricultural residues, industrial by-products, municipal waste, microalgae, and other biomass types.

Prof. Dr. Goran S. Nikolić
Prof. Dr. Aleksandar A. Bojić
Guest Editors

Dr. Dragana Z. Marković Nikolić
Guest Editor Assistant

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Processes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• wastewater treatment
• sustainable materials
• adsorbents
• biosorbents
• agricultural waste
• industrial waste
• pollutants