Current research trends on emerging contaminants pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs): a comprehensive review

M Kumar, S Sridharan, AD Sawarkar, A Shakeel… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical and personnel care products (PPCPs) from wastewater are a potential
hazard to the human health and wildlife, and their occurrence in wastewater has caught the …

Effects of microplastics on the terrestrial environment: a critical review

PD Dissanayake, S Kim, B Sarkar, P Oleszczuk… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics are emerging contaminants and there has been growing concern regarding
their impacts on aquatic and terrestrial environments. This review provides a comprehensive …

Biochar application for greenhouse gas mitigation, contaminants immobilization and soil fertility enhancement: A state-of-the-art review

K Abhishek, A Shrivastava, V Vimal, AK Gupta… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising global temperature, pollution load, and energy crises are serious problems, recently
facing the world. Scientists around the world are ambitious to find eco-friendly and cost …

Enhanced technology for sewage sludge advanced dewatering from an engineering practice perspective: A review

X Zhang, P Ye, Y Wu - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing production of sludge poses significant environmental risks. Sludge disposal
and transport are costly because of the high water content (WC). Reducing the WC of sludge …

The polymers and their additives in particulate plastics: what makes them hazardous to the fauna?

S Sridharan, M Kumar, M Saha, MB Kirkham… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the increasing concerns on global ecosystems and human health, the environmental
risks posed by microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have become an important topic …

Adsorptive behavior of micro (nano) plastics through biochar: Co-existence, consequences, and challenges in contaminated ecosystems

R Kumar, A Verma, MRJ Rakib, PK Gupta… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The abundance of micro (nano) plastics in natural ecosystems is a crucial global challenge,
as these small-sized plastic particles originate from land-based and marine-based activities …

Multi-criteria research lines on livestock manure biorefinery development towards a circular economy: from the perspective of a life cycle assessment and business …

SK Awasthi, M Kumar, S Sarsaiya, V Ahluwalia… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Livestock manure (LSM) is a profitable waste if handled sensibly, but simultaneously it
imposes several environmental and health impacts if managed improperly. Several …

Mobilization of contaminants: Potential for soil remediation and unintended consequences

M Kumar, N Bolan, T Jasemizad, LP Padhye… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Land treatment has become an essential waste management practice. Therefore, soil
becomes a major source of contaminants including organic chemicals and potentially toxic …

[HTML][HTML] Packaging design for the circular economy: A systematic review

Z Zhu, W Liu, S Ye, L Batista - Sustainable production and consumption, 2022 - Elsevier
The concept of circular economy has been ubiquitous over the past five years and has been
steadily gaining a consensus as a new paradigm. Circular economy covers a wide spectrum …

Soil plastisphere: exploration methods, influencing factors, and ecological insights

C Wang, L Wang, YS Ok, DCW Tsang, D Hou - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP), an emerging contaminant, is globally prevalent and poses potential
environmental threats and ecological risks to both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. When …