Removing Industrial Pollution with Bacteria

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) pose significant risks to both human health and the environment. Therefore, exhaust air from industrial plants using VOCs must be purified. Biological methods to degrade pollutants are more sustainable and cost-effective than thermal post-combustion, as they work efficiently at low temperatures and do not require fossil fuels. At University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Prof. Dr. Sabine Grüner-Lempart and Julian Eckert, along with their research team, have been developing a biotrickling filter as an environmentally friendly biological method for exhaust air purification.