Treating fungicides in wastewater of fruit-packaging plants

08 January 2016

Citrus fruit-packaging plants produce large wastewater volumes with high loads of fungicides like ortho-phenylphenol (OPP) and imazalil (IMZ). No methods are in place for the treatment of these effluents.
Researchers at the University of Thessaly in Greece studied the potential of spent mushroom substrate (SMS), either alone or in mixture with straw and soil plus a mixture of straw/soil to retain and dissipate IMZ and OPP. The results suggest that biobeds packed with SMS-rich substrates could ensure the efficient removal of IMZ and OPP from wastewaters of citrus fruit-packaging plants. An article about the research is published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.
Click here for an abstract of the article.

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