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Electro-oxidation of amoxicillin using titanium electrodes electrophoretically coated by iridium or ruthenium with tantalum oxides (2020)
Journal Article
León, I., Gomes, H., Sepúlveda‐Guzmán, S., Cárdenas, J., Rivera, F., Manríquez, J., & Bustos, E. (2021). Electro-oxidation of amoxicillin using titanium electrodes electrophoretically coated by iridium or ruthenium with tantalum oxides. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 96(3), 622-629. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.6575

© 2020 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) BACKGROUND: Amoxicillin (AMX) is one of the pharmaceutical compounds in waters being targeted in wastewater decontamination studies, and some of the technological alternatives to degrade it involve using modi... Read More about Electro-oxidation of amoxicillin using titanium electrodes electrophoretically coated by iridium or ruthenium with tantalum oxides.

Enhanced electrodialytic bioleaching of fly ashes of municipal solid waste incineration for metal recovery (2020)
Journal Article
Gomes, H. I., Funari, V., Dinelli, E., & Soavi, F. (2020). Enhanced electrodialytic bioleaching of fly ashes of municipal solid waste incineration for metal recovery. Electrochimica Acta, 345, Article 136188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2020.136188

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Metal recovery from wastes is essential for a circular economy and minimising present-day society environmental footprint. In this study, we combined electrodialysis with bioleaching of fly ashes for enhanced metal recovery from m... Read More about Enhanced electrodialytic bioleaching of fly ashes of municipal solid waste incineration for metal recovery.

Bioleaching for resource recovery from low-grade wastes like fly and bottom ashes from municipal incinerators: A SWOT analysis (2020)
Journal Article
Gomes, H. I., Funari, V., & Ferrari, R. (2020). Bioleaching for resource recovery from low-grade wastes like fly and bottom ashes from municipal incinerators: A SWOT analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 715, Article 136945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136945

Bioleaching (or microbial leaching) is a biohydrometallurgical technology that can be applied for metal recovery from anthropogenic waste streams. In particular, fly ashes and bottom ashes of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) can be used as a... Read More about Bioleaching for resource recovery from low-grade wastes like fly and bottom ashes from municipal incinerators: A SWOT analysis.

Circular economy and the matter of integrated resources (2019)
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Velenturf, A. P., Archer, S. A., Gomes, H. I., Christgen, B., Lag-Brotons, A. J., & Purnell, P. (2019). Circular economy and the matter of integrated resources. Science of the Total Environment, 689, 963-969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.449

A circular economy offers solutions for global sustainability challenges through the transition from the linear take-make-use-dispose economy to a better organisation of resources. However, realising a circular economy has ran into various biophysica... Read More about Circular economy and the matter of integrated resources.

Optimization Routes for the Bioleaching of MSWI Fly and Bottom Ashes Using Microorganisms Collected from a Natural System (2019)
Journal Article
Funari, V., Gomes, H., Cappelletti, M., Fedi, S., Dinelli, E., Rogerson, M., Mayes, W., & Rovere, M. (2019). Optimization Routes for the Bioleaching of MSWI Fly and Bottom Ashes Using Microorganisms Collected from a Natural System. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 10(12), 3833-3842. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-019-00688-9

This paper presents a route for the treatment of MSWI fly (FA) and bottom ashes (BA) using
microorganisms to critically assess whether bioleaching is within reach of effective industrial application.
The leaching of metals from BA and FA was invest... Read More about Optimization Routes for the Bioleaching of MSWI Fly and Bottom Ashes Using Microorganisms Collected from a Natural System.

Constructed wetlands for steel slag leachate management: Partitioning of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in waters, sediments, and plants (2019)
Journal Article
Gomes, H. I., Mayes, W. M., Whitby, P., & Rogerson, M. (2019). Constructed wetlands for steel slag leachate management: Partitioning of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in waters, sediments, and plants. Journal of Environmental Management, 243, 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.127

Constructed wetlands can treat highly alkaline leachate resulting from the weathering of steel slag before reuse (e.g. as aggregate) or during disposal in repositories and legacy sites. This study aimed to assess how metal(loid)s soluble at high pH,... Read More about Constructed wetlands for steel slag leachate management: Partitioning of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in waters, sediments, and plants.

Hydraulic and biotic impacts on neutralisation of high-pH waters (2017)
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Gomes, H. I., Rogerson, M., Burke, I. T., Stewart, D. I., & Mayes, W. M. (2017). Hydraulic and biotic impacts on neutralisation of high-pH waters. Science of the Total Environment, 601-602, 1271-1279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.248

The management of alkaline (pH 11–12.5) leachate is an important issue associated with the conditioning, afteruse or disposal of steel slags. Passive in-gassing of atmospheric CO2 is a low cost option for reducing Ca(OH)2 alkalinity, as Ca(OH)2 is ne... Read More about Hydraulic and biotic impacts on neutralisation of high-pH waters.

Alkaline residues and the environment: a review of impacts, management practices and opportunities (2015)
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Gomes, H. I., Mayes, W. M., Rogerson, M., Stewart, D. I., & Burke, I. T. (2016). Alkaline residues and the environment: a review of impacts, management practices and opportunities. Journal of Cleaner Production, 112, 3571-3582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.111

Around two billion tonnes of alkaline residues are produced globally each year by industries such as steel production, alumina refining and coal-fired power generation, with a total production estimate of 90 billion tonnes since industrialisation. Th... Read More about Alkaline residues and the environment: a review of impacts, management practices and opportunities.

Electrodialytic remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls contaminated soil with iron nanoparticles and two different surfactants (2014)
Journal Article
Gomes, H. I., Dias-Ferreira, C., Ottosen, L. M., & Ribeiro, A. B. (2014). Electrodialytic remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls contaminated soil with iron nanoparticles and two different surfactants. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 433, 189-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2014.07.022

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) are persistent organic pollutants (POP) that strongly adsorb in soils and sediments. There is a need to develop new and cost-effective solutions for the remediation of PCB contaminated soils. The suspended electrodialy... Read More about Electrodialytic remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls contaminated soil with iron nanoparticles and two different surfactants.