Metallic Combat: Paving the Way for Pure Water Flow

Our project solves two major ecological problems facing the planet Earth, namely the problems of plastic pollution and the purifying of waters contaminated with heavy metals. As the result of the distillation of plastic products, a porous carbon-based residue was obtained, which was then developed into sorbent, which, based on the data obtained during the research, is considered quite effective and economically beneficial. The tested and recommended method is the adsorption tower and basin method. These two methods are optimal because they work as a simple mechanism and are equipped with a sorbent that is affordable. The research results prove that the carbon-based sorbent obtained from masks and plastic bottles is quite effective in adsorbing zinc and lead ions.