“…Consequently, a wide variety of agricultural by-products and wastes has been investigated as cellulosic precursors for the production of activated carbon in addition to hard wood and bituminous coal. These precursors include: coconut shell and wood (Laine et al, 1989), Olive stones (Rodrigues-Reinoso et al, 2001, Lafi 2001, Elsheikh et al, 2003, sugarcane bagasse (Ahmedna et al, 2000), pecan shells (Shawabkeh et al, 1998), palm seed (Rengaraj et al, 2002), apple pulp , rubber seeds (Rengarag et al, 1996) and molasses (Legrouri et al, 2005). Furthermore, more interest has been devoted to utilize some wastes of carbonaceous materials such as paper mill sludge (Khalili et al, 2000), old newspaper (Okada et al, 2003) and waste tires (Rozada et al, 2005).…”