There is growing environmental concern with the methods of waste disposal used for handling hazardous materials in the metal finishing industry. A resulting need exists to develop and implement the best existing and potential technologies for waste minimization and resource recovery. The objectives of this study were to identify and briefly describe both existing and potential future methods fo...

keep in mind the importance of cadmium, cobalt and nickel ions as environmentally and economically strategic heavy metals, the application of two acidic extractants, named bis(2-diethylhexyl)phosphoric acid (dehpa) and 2-thenoyltrifluoroacetone (htta), was assessed for the extraction-recovery of these ions from leached solution of spent rechargeable ni-cd batteries. the conditions for leaching ...

The need to remove or recover metal ions from industrial wastewaters is both financially and environmentally driven, financially in terms of cost savings through metal reuse or sale, and environmentally as heavy metal toxicity can affect organisms throughout the food chain, including humans. Current removal strategies are mainly based on physico-chemical techniques such as filtration, chemical ...