Abstract
Various studies on arsenic pollution reveal that high concentrations of arsenic were found in many districts of western Uttar Pradesh, India. There arsenic concentrations were higher than the permissible limit given by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). There is a requirement to bioremediate arsenic due to its harmful effect. On the other hand, Poly(ethylene terephthalate) was being repeatedly used as packaging materials, due to which various environmental issues regarding PET waste disposal have generated. In the present study, PET waste was recycled into various aromatic amides by aminolysis and ammonolysis. These aromatic amides were used as surfactants. Various studies have been carried out for biosorption of heavy metal through Bacillus cereus. The efforts were made to enhance bioremediation of arsenic in different water samples spiked with Bacillus cereus in the presence of synthesized aromatic amides. This study explored the possibility to increase bioremediation of arsenic by bacteria using recycled PET waste. The results of this study indicated that in the presence of aromatic amides the percent biosorption could be enhanced by bacteria up to 20–60%.The other significant approach of this study is recycling of PET waste.
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