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Sawdust as an Environmentally Friendly Adsorbent

Muhammad Anis Aslam, Idrees Khan

New Environmentally-Friendly Materials · 83-101 · 10.55121/nefm.v1i1.862

Sawdust, an abundant byproduct of the wood processing industry, has gained attention as a sustainable, low-cost adsorbent for water and wastewater treatment. Its lignocellulosic composition—rich in cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin—provides a variety of functional groups capable of binding a wide range of contaminants, includ