Presently, conventional technologies in water treatment are not efficient enough to
completely mineralize refractory water contaminants. In this context, the implementation of …

Sewage sludge is an important reservoir of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs),
and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and the …

In this study, we used different concentrations of H 3 PO 4 to activate pristine biochar (BC)
derived from cow dung (BC and BC modified with phosphoric acid at concentrations of …

Sludge or waste activated sludge (WAS) generated from wastewater treatment plants may
be considered a nuisance. It is a key source for secondary environmental contamination on …

Solid wastes from domestic, industrial and agricultural sectors cause acute economic and
environmental problems. These issues can be partly solved by anaerobic digestion of …

Land application of sewage sludge is increasingly used as an alternative to landfilling and
incineration owing to a considerable content of carbon and essential plant nutrients in …

Inadequate organic waste management leads to a plethora of problems such as
environmental pollution, eutrophication, esthetic damage to urban landscape, greenhouse …

The ubiquitous presence of emerging contaminants (ECs), such as pharmaceutically active
compounds, personal care products, pesticides, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, etc., in the …

Although strictly anaerobic conditions prevail in several environmental compartments, up to
now, biodegradation studies with emerging organic contaminants (EOCs), such as …

This review is based on 59 papers published between 2002 and 2015, referring to about
450 treatment trains providing data regarding sludge concentrations for 169 compounds …