Correction to: International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-019-02562-6

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake in Fig. 2. The corrected figure is given below.

Fig. 2
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General distribution of carboxylates (a) and (b), ethanol and 1,3-propanediol (c) concentrations throughout the three operational phases (P1), (P2), and (P3)