July 2014

Remediation of a simulated petroleum polluted water using pulverised used: Water sachet (Polyethylene)

The potential of using used-water-sachets, a synthetic polymeric waste, which is not only readily available but indiscriminately littered around Nigerian urban and rural areas, as an adsorbent in removal of oil spilled on water was investigated. Used-water-sachets, a waste generated all over the country, has been converted into a low cost adsorbent. The sachets were collected, pretreated and pulverised to adsorb crude...

Author(s): Edoga M. O., Kovo A. S. and Oledibe M. C.