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                 <p>In the textile industry today, annual production of dyestuff amounts to millions of tons globally. Azo dyes represent two thirds of this value, a majority of which find their way to wastewater.  
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Our idea is to conceive an integrated end-of-pipe method for detoxifying effluent streams of dye factories. The goal is to achieve a two-stage regimen in sequence to ensure optimal conditions for the degradation of azo dyes within a batch bioreactor system. This would be an attractive and effective approach to dealing with azo dye contamination of the environment. As a financial incentive, we are also looking at maximizing the profitability of various potential breakdown products. As a lucrative continuous-process alternative, we are investigating the application of microbial fuel cell technology to an aerobic bioreactor system, for simultaneously detoxifying azo dyes and generating electricity.
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Considering the potential for scalability, this method would present various economic and environmental advantages for industries that generate large amounts of dyestuff. This could also be spinned to become a modular bioprocess method for wastewater treatment of other toxic, normally recalcitrant chemicals. </p>
                 <h4>Recycling Azo Dyes</h4>
                 <h4>Recycling Azo Dyes</h4>

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