Abstract
Soluble substances of biological origin (SBO) isolated from urban bio-wastes (UBWs) are shown to be efficient photosensitizers for the abatement of naphthalene sulfonates from aqueous solutions. Depletion of 70–80% of the investigated mono- and disulfonated probe substrates was demonstrated to occur after solutions containing 20mgL−1 probe substrates in the presence of 150mgL−1 SBO were irradiated for 24h. The residual organics in solution did not exhibit any potential acute toxicity. The photodegradation of SBO occurred together with the photodegradation of the probe substrates. The implications of these results for the development of products obtained from UBW are discussed. It would seem that these bio-wastes have greater potential as a renewable, sustainable source of chemical auxiliaries than previous studies have led us to believe.
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