Smart Waste Management

This project develops a next-generation sewer-mining system to safely treat domestic wastewater at the source. It converts agricultural residues—such as shrimp shells, rice straw, coconut shells, and coffee waste—into catalytic biochar capable of degrading emerging pollutants that conventional biological processes cannot remove. By combining decentralized treatment with circular-economy materials, the project aims to protect public health, reduce antimicrobial resistance risks, and improve urban water quality. The outcome will be a low-cost, energy-efficient, and scalable solution suitable for dense cities and future sustainable water-reuse systems.

This project aims to develop a decentralized, circular, and low-energy sewer-mining system that can remove emerging contaminants beyond the capacity of conventional membrane bioreactors. The overall objective is to transform agricultural residues into metal-functionalized catalytic biochar and integrate them into an onsite advanced oxidation module for domestic wastewater treatment.