One story as part of the Global Conversation on Sustainability: dye adsorption studies using a novel bio-derived calcite material.

ABSTRACT: Many of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be addressed through chemistry. Researchers at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, have been sharing their stories on September 25 for the past two years through the Global Conversation on Sustainability. This article describes the details of one of these stories. As the global population increases, food production including aquaculture is increasing to provide for this. At the same time, this means more waste is produced. Waste from aquaculture is often overlooked as a source of valuable chemicals. By-products from farming blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) is dominated by shells rich in calcite. A 'soft' calcite material prepared from waste mussels, via a combination of heat and acetic acid treatment, was inv

SUBMITTER: Christian-Robinson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11453125 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature