Valorization of discarded face mask for bioactive compound synthesis and photodegradation of dye

• Main Authors: Kiong, Teo Chook, Nurhamizah Nordin, Nur Aimi Aqilah Ahmad Ruslan, Kan, Su-Yin, Noor Maizura Ismail, Zainal Zakaria, Joseph Bidai, Yi Wang, Fazilah Ariffin, Chia, Poh Wai
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Academic Press 2022
• Subjects: TD1-1066 Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33966/3/Valorization%20of%20discarded%20face%20mask%20for%20bioactive%20compound%20synthesis%20and%20photodegradation%20of%20dye.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33966/1/Valorization%20of%20discarded%20face%20mask%20for%20bioactive%20compound%20synthesis%20and%20photodegradation%20of%20dye%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33966/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935122010647?casa_token=Bw9rwIlI740AAAAA:3URklQOqqduxC6xE_iwf4MgJ2Usg7dDFghAhJpXM1dhvx-_lyww-lpvICSw-ItB5n7WJ6KaMYeNo; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113737

To keep COVID-19 at bay, most countries have mandated the use of face masks in public places and imposed heavy penalties for those who fail to do so. This has inadvertently created a huge demand for disposable face masks and worsened the problem of littering, where a large number of used masks are c...