Pollution is serious environmental problem. One of causes of pollution is the presence of heavy metals. Besides heavy metal, there are plastics that cause serious problem in environment because they are difficult to decompose. These two problems appear an idea about synthesizing activated carbon-magnetite (Fe3O4) composite based on polyethylene that can absorbs heavy metals. The method used literature review of relevant articles. This study examines the properties of magnetite both physical and chemical along with applications and benefits of magnetite in daily life. This study can become a new perspective effort to reduce heavy metals pollution using plastic waste as composite with Fe3O4

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The synthesis of ionic complexes of cadmium(II) chloride and cobalt(II) chloride with N,N'-diethylthiourea (detu) ligands has not been previously reported. Therefore, in this research, the synthesis was carried out to study the structure and characterization of the two ionic complex compounds. The cadmium(II)-detu ionic complex was synthesized using the direct reaction method with a ratio between Cd(II) salt and detu ligand of 1:2. Meanwhile, the cobalt(II)-detu ionic complex was synthesized with a ratio between Co(II) salt and detu ligand of 2:4. The cadmium(II)-detu and cobalt(II)-detu ionic complexes have melting points of 105-108 ˚C and 122-125 ˚C, respectively. The electrical conductivity of the cadmium(II)-detu and cobalt(II)-detu complexes showed that the complexes were ionic. The FTIR analysis showed the shifting of the C=S functional group’s band to the smaller wavenumber, which indicates the coordinating detu ligand to the cadmium(II) and cobalt(II) through the S atom. The indirect evidence from 1H-NMR showed that CH3 and CH2 only slightly shifted between the free detu ligand and the Cd-detu and Co-detu complexes.