For the first time, biochar was prepared by changing the polystyrene (PS) content in sludge, and the efficiency of antibiotics removal by biochar was evaluated after fermentation aging. Fermentation aging affects the efficiency of antibiotics removal by reducing the specific surface area and active sites of biochar. The antibiotics removal efficiency of different types of biochar after aging decreased by 5.95%-13.59%. Owing to the biotoxicity of biochar, the relative abundance of most communities decreased during fermentation, whereas Anaerolineae still increased (14.29% to 33.05% or 33.02%). However, controlled experiments confirmed that biochar was much less toxic to Scenedesmus obliquus than to antibiotics, with concentrations of 11.09 × 10 cells/mL and 0.188 × 10 cells/mL, respectively. With the positive effect of environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) considered, increasing the PS content in sludge facilitated the removal of antibiotics by biochar. This study assesses the stability of biochar in removing antibiotics after long-term microbial aging.
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