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J. Water Resource and Protection, 2010, 2, 214-221 doi:10.4236/jwarp.2010.23024 Published Online February 2010 (/journal/jwarp) Removal of Hydrophobic Organic Contaminants from Aqueous Solutions by Sorption onto Biodegradable Polyesters 1 1 2 Yukiko Matsuzawa , Zen-Ichiro Kimura , Yoshiro Nishimura , Mikio Shibayama2, Akira Hiraishi1* 1 Department of Ecological Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan 2Mikawa Textile Research Institute, Aichi Prefecture, Gamagori, Japan E-mail : hiraishi@eco.tut.ac.jp Received November 7, 2009; revised November 24, 2009; accepted January 21, 2010 Abstract Sorption by biodegradable polyesters of several aromatic chemicals as model compounds for hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs) was studied. The biodegradable polyesters used were poly(butylene succinate), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), poly(ε-caprolactone), poly(butylene succinate/ terephthalate), and poly(L-lactic acid). Petrochemical plastics, low-density polyethylene and polyethylene terephtalate, were used for comparison. The target HOCs were biphenyl, bisphenol-A, dibenzofuran, diethylstilbestrol, nonyl- phenol, and chlorophenols. The treatment of the HOC solutions with each of the biodegradable polyesters resulted in the nearly complete removal of the chemicals by sorption from the aqueous phase, except for the case of poly(L-lactic acid). Low-density polyethylene adsorbed biphenyl and dibenzofuran selectively, and polyethylene terephtalate did not adsorb any of the HOCs. The adsorptive interaction between the plastics and the HOCs might be related to both