Use of Garlic Processing By-Products to Remove Pollutants from Aqueous Media

Abstract

The paper summarized the literature data on using ground peels, outer leaves, and garlic roots (Allium sativum L.) as sorption materials to remove various metal ions, dyes, and antibiotics from aqueous media. This paper provides brief information on the amount of waste generated from processing garlic, its chemical composition, and ways of reuse. It gives the adsorption processes parameters and the values of sorption parameters for the studied pollutants. It was shown that garlic residue sorption characteristics for various pollutants could be increased by chemical modification with various chemical reagents. It was determined that the Langmuir model more accurately describes the pollutant’s adsorption isotherms in most cases, and the kinetics of the process more accurately describes the pseudo-second-order model. It was shown that garlic peels and steam are good precursors for activated carbons production.