A novel green solution to metal pollution in aquatic environment: Pyracantha coccinea M. J. Roemer

Abstract

Metal pollution today has reached the level of a great threat to humans and their environment. A novel green solution was presented for metal pollution in aquatic environment using Pyracantha coccinea M. J. Roemer in the current study. Due to its widespread industrial use, manganese pollution in water environment has become a serious issue in recent years, and for this reason, it was used as a model metal to determine the treatment potential of P. coccinea M. J. Roemer. The results showed that the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and Freundlich isotherm model agreed well with the experimental data, and the biosorption process had a physical, spontaneous and favourable nature. The maximum metal biosorption capacity was determined to be 59.867 mg g−1. This study showed that P. coccinea M. J. Roemer could present an environmentally friendly, cost-effective, effectual solution for the metal issue in aquatic environment.