Bioremediation of heavy metals by microbial process

S Verma, A Kuila - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2019 - Elsevier
Bioremediation is an inventive and optimistic technology which is applicable for the retrieval
and reduction of heavy metals in water and polluted lands. Microorganism plays an …

[HTML][HTML] Bioremediation of heavy metals from soil and aquatic environment: an overview of principles and criteria of fundamental processes

R Dixit, X Wasiullah, D Malaviya, K Pandiyan… - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
Heavy metals are natural constituents of the environment, but indiscriminate use for human
purposes has altered their geochemical cycles and biochemical balance. This results in …

Opinion: Taking phytoremediation from proven technology to accepted practice

KE Gerhardt, PD Gerwing, BM Greenberg - Plant Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation is the use of plants to extract, immobilize, contain and/or degrade
contaminants from soil, water or air. It can be an effective strategy for on site and/or in situ …

Successes and limitations of phytotechnologies at field scale: outcomes, assessment and outlook from COST Action 859

M Mench, N Lepp, V Bert, JP Schwitzguébel… - Journal of Soils and …, 2010 - Springer
Purpose Many agricultural and brownfield soils are polluted and more have become
marginalised due to the introduction of new, risk-based legislation. The European …

Developing principles of sustainability and stakeholder engagement for “gentle” remediation approaches: The European context

AB Cundy, RP Bardos, A Church… - Journal of environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Gentle Remediation Options (GRO) are risk management strategies or techniques
for contaminated sites that result in no gross reduction in soil functionality (or a net gain) as …

Brownfields to green fields: Realising wider benefits from practical contaminant phytomanagement strategies

AB Cundy, RP Bardos, M Puschenreiter… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Gentle remediation options (GROs) are risk management strategies or technologies
involving plant (phyto-), fungi (myco-), and/or bacteria-based methods that result in a net …

Phytoremediation for bioenergy: challenges and opportunities

HI Gomes - Environmental Technology Reviews, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Phytoremediation has been increasingly used as a more sustainable approach for the
remediation of contaminated sites. The costs associated with this remediation method are …

Rhizoremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils: improvement opportunities and field applications

I Hussain, M Puschenreiter, S Gerhard… - Environmental and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils has remained a challenging
issue for environmental scientists and engineers. Within the scope of bioremediation; …

SCORE: A novel multi-criteria decision analysis approach to assessing the sustainability of contaminated land remediation

L Rosén, PE Back, T Söderqvist, J Norrman… - Science of the Total …, 2015 - Elsevier
The multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method provides for a comprehensive and
transparent basis for performing sustainability assessments. Development of a relevant …

In situ chemical stabilization of trace element-contaminated soil–Field demonstrations and barriers to transition from laboratory to the field–A review

J Kumpiene, J Antelo, E Brännvall, I Carabante… - Applied …, 2019 - Elsevier
The chemical stabilization, or immobilization, of trace elements (metals and metalloids; TE)
in contaminated soil has been studied for decades. A vast number of scientific publications …