The aim of this article is to review and present the state of the arte about the status of toxic
elements (TEs) in soils and assess the potential risk using single and total complex pollution …

Agricultural soil is a non-renewable natural resource that requires careful stewardship in
order to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. However, industrial …

Owing to the increasing pressure on the ecological effect of solid waste disposal and
developing the need for disposal of the corresponding hazardous metals, recovery of spent …

With the ever-growing need for lithium-ion batteries, particularly from the electric
transportation industry, a large amount of lithium-ion batteries is bound to retire in the near …

Recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has attracted significant attention in recent
years due to the increasing demand for corresponding critical metals/materials and growing …

Cadmium (Cd) is one of the most toxic metals in the environment, and has noxious effects on
plant growth and production. Cd-accumulating plants showed reduced growth and …

This paper presents the latest overview of the environmental impact of wastes from the non-
ferrous metallurgical industry. Ashes, slags and dusts–by-products from mining and metal …

There is increasing evidence that the origins of organic acids (OAs) are as important as their
roles and pathways of production. This review focuses on information about challenges …

Electronic waste (e-waste) is generated from the discarded electronic products. The
generation of e-waste has increased significantly in the recent decades. Globally, the …

In this paper, a bio-hydrometallurgical route based on fungal activity of Aspergillus niger was
evaluated for the detoxification and recovery of Cu, Li, Mn, Al, Co and Ni metals from spent …