Challenges and prospects for the substitution of plastic products with jute in the context of Bangladesh-a social study.

Single-use plastics are a major environmental concern in developing countries like Bangladesh due to their non-biodegradable nature. Finding sustainable alternatives is crucial to reduce reliance on these harmful plastics and mitigate pollution. This study aims to explore the public opinions on plastic pollution and investigate the challenges and potential for substituting plastics with jute.

Application of glyco-blotting for identification of structures of polysaccharides causing membrane fouling in a pilot-scale membrane bioreactor treating municipal wastewater.

A new approach for the analysis of polysaccharides in membrane bioreactor (MBR) is proposed in this study. Enrichment of polysaccharides by glyco-blotting, in which polysaccharides are specifically collected via interactions between the aldehydes in the polysaccharides and aminooxy groups on glycoblotting beads, enabled MALDI-TOF/MS analysis at a high resolution. Structures of polysaccharides extracted from fouled membranes used in a pilot-scale MBR treating municipal wastewater and those in the supernatant of the mixed liquor suspension in the MBR were investigated.

Evaluation of whole wastewater effluent impacts on HepG2 using DNA microarray-based transcriptome analysis.

DNA microarray-based transcriptome analysis with human hepatoma HepG2 cells was applied to evaluate the impacts of whole wastewater effluents from the membrane bioreactors (MBRs) and the activated sludge process (AS). In addition, the conventional bioassays (i.e.