Alkylphenols and alkylphenol polyethoxylates are emerging hazardous contaminants due in particular to their endocrine-disrupting properties. These compounds originate from consumer products such as paints and latex paints, adhesives, inks, formulation of pesticides, paper industry, textile and leather industry, petroleum recovery chemicals, metal working fluids, personal care products, washing agents, cleaners, and detergents. Since classical wastewater treatments have not been designed to remove alkylphenols, these compounds end up polluting ecosystems. Here we review three advanced methods to remove alkylphenols and derivatives. First, innovative polymers, such as cyclodextrin polymers and molecularly imprinted polymers, allow to remove alkylphenols from effluents by adsorption. Second, biotechnologies such as microalgae, biodegradation in constructed wetlands and sequential anaerobic–aerobic digestion treatments. Third, advanced oxidation processes to degrade recalcitrant alkylphenols, e.g., ozone-carbon coupling, electrochemical degradation, photocatalysis, zero-valent iron-activated persulfate coupling, and catalytic ozonation.

烷基酚和烷基酚聚乙氧基化物是新兴的危险污染物，尤其是由于它们的内分泌干扰特性。这些化合物来源于消费品，例如油漆和乳胶漆、粘合剂、油墨、杀虫剂配方、造纸工业、纺织和皮革工业、石油回收化学品、金属加工液、个人护理产品、洗涤剂、清洁剂和清洁剂。由于传统的废水处理并非旨在去除烷基酚，因此这些化合物最终会污染生态系统。在这里，我们回顾了三种去除烷基酚及其衍生物的先进方法。首先，创新的聚合物，例如环糊精聚合物和分子印迹聚合物，可以通过吸附从流出物中去除烷基酚。二是微藻等生物技术，人工湿地中的生物降解和连续的厌氧-好氧消化处理。第三，降解难降解烷基酚的高级氧化工艺，例如臭氧-碳偶联、电化学降解、光催化、零价铁活化过硫酸盐偶联和催化臭氧化。