After recycling, waste paper becomes a material suitable for use in different purposes. Publications about new areas of application of secondary paper raw materials, including OCC11 and other types of waste paper, periodically appear on the Internet. One of such messages is the production of a special carbon aerogel from waste paper, which is capable of removing antibiotics from water. Antibiotics are a useful medical product invented by modern mankind. However, they can also be harmful if they enter the environment, which constantly happens all over the world.
The use of aerogel obtained from waste paper allows you to successfully remove antibiotics from water. They should be removed, this is a necessity, since this way it is possible to protect organisms living in the water. In addition, this will protect humans from their negative impact. Today, this topic worries many scientists around the world. They believe it is necessary to purify water from antibiotics. There are several methods of purification, but now there is another method in which secondary paper raw materials play a large role.
