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The pulp and paper industry consumes a huge amount of water and releases more polluted and colored wastewater every year. Many conventional techniques are used in the treatment of paper industry wastewater. However, for color removal from paper mill effluent, there is no proven method so far, on an industrial scale. Due to high energy input and high cost, there is an urgent need to find out a new technique that must be sustainable, economical, and environment friendly. Various methods have been investigated on bench scale and pilot scale also but no proven method for color removal on an industrial scale. The paper provides an overview of the color removal techniques from different sources of pulp and paper mill wastewater discharged by various industries. The review described various components involved in various processes for color removal from paper mill waste water. The present works focus on processes like chemical, chemical/physical, biological, physicochemical, and electrochemical applied in color removal from paper mill wastewater. The present review gives key information on the effectiveness, use, betterment, and limitations of numerous methods of treatment targeted at color removal from paper mill wastewater using various techniques still under evolution. • A critical study made on color removal from paper mill effluent using various methods. • Examined color removal efficiencies using conventional and advanced techniques. • Study on Cost analysis in color removal from paper mill effluent. • Future research suggestions described for better implementation of the processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The water resources contamination in an alarming concern for sustainable environment. This has led to development of new technologies and materials for waste water detoxification. In the present study, we have fabricated novel trimetallic based mixed oxides decorated reduced graphene oxide (rGO) composite using facile microwave method and utilized it as an adsorbent for the removal of congo red dye from aqueous solution. The final composite showed highly agglomerated metal oxides present on the rGO surface. The high surface area and activity of the synthesized adsorbent resulted in its high adsorption capacity of 333.32 mg/g for congo red. The Langmuir model better explained the isotherm data indicating the monolayer adsorption of congo red molecules onto Ag 2 O–Al 2 O 3 –ZrO 2 /rGO surface. The grander adsorption ability of Ag 2 O–Al 2 O 3 –ZrO 2 /rGO towards organic dye indicate its probable utilization in the removal of other dyes also from wastewater. • Trimetallic oxides decorated into rGO matrix were synthesized. • Adsorption of congo red from aqueous solution was investigated. • Maximum adsorption capacity of 333.32 mg/g was obtained using Langmuir isotherm. • Langmuir model better explained the adsorption isotherm data and mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]