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

Land treatment has become an essential waste management practice. Therefore, soil
becomes a major source of contaminants including organic chemicals and potentially toxic …

Background Digested sludge is a good source of plant nutrients. However, depending on
the feedstock, it might contain heavy metals, metalloids, organic compounds, pathogens …

The changed customer perception and environmental regulations have enforced
organizations to device the ways that remain sustainable and at the same time meet the …

Plant-based technologies including phytomining, phytoextraction, phytodegradation,
phytostabilization and phytovolatilization have drawn much attention during the last decade …

Joint efforts and interdisciplinary approach are proper means to face the issue of global
warming. An adequate response should be to employ state of the art scientific knowledge for …

The fertilization using sewage sludge (SS) and/or SS-derived products have been
extensively studied and known to increase crop yield as soil nutrients and plant growth are …

Waste management to reduce the loss of natural resources has become a basis of
sustainable development and a circular economy. When using waste, the heavy metal (HM) …

This review article focuses on lead (Pb), one of the most ubiquitous and harmful toxicants
found in soil. Our objective is to address misconceptions regarding the ability of plants to …

Although sewage sludge generated by most large wastewater treatment plants is treated as
waste, this 'waste'is both a source of energy and nutrients. Moreover, mainly in the small and …