The fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products during composting of sewage sludge

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61388971%3A_____%2F24%3A00585277" target="_blank" >RIV/61388971:_____/24:00585277 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41210/24:98013 RIV/00216208:11310/24:10481063

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352554124000731?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352554124000731?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2024.101498" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.scp.2024.101498</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products during composting of sewage sludge

Original language description

Pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) are eliminated from wastewater on wastewater treatment plants, and can enter sludge treatment areas along with sludge that is often composted and subsequently used as fertilizer. The objective of this study was: i) to compare the concentrations of PPCPs before and after composting of sewage sludge (SS) that is important for producers of composts and policy makers, ii) to quantify an effect of composting process on decomposition of PPCPs, iii) to find out relationship between PPCPs, selected chemical properties and microorganisms. The experiment was conducted over a duration of four months with sewage sludge mixed with straw pellets (SPs) in various proportions. The concentrations of PPCPs in the input materials were measured before the composting began, and in the compost at the end of the trial. Of all 12 monitored PPCPs, telmisartan showed the highest concentrations (up to two orders of magnitude). Composting has a positive effect on the breakdown of caffeine, citalopram, diclofenac, mirtazapine, venlafaxine and partially sulfapyridine. Conversely, the decomposition of amitriptyline, carbamazepine, cetirizine, ibuprofen, telmisartan, and triclosan was not influenced by the composting process. All analyzed PPCPs had significant (p < 0.001) positive correlations with pH, electrical conductivity, total nitrogen, fungi and Gram-negative bacteria. However, a significant (p < 0.001) negative correlation was seen with PPCPs and total carbon, the carbonto-nitrogen ratio, bacteria, actinobacteria, Gram-positive bacteria and total microbial biomass. Composting technology should be further investigated and optimized for its potential to reduce the concentration of PPCPs in sewage sludge.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10606 - Microbiology

Project

<a href="/en/project/QK1910095" target="_blank" >QK1910095: Use of Vermicomposting to Eliminate Micropollutants for Safe Application of Sewage Sludge on Agricultural Land</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy

ISSN

2352-5541

e-ISSN

2352-5541

Volume of the periodical

38

Issue of the periodical within the volume

April 2024

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

101498

UT code for WoS article

001196978400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85186084659