Environmental heavy metal contamination from Electronic Waste (e-waste) recycling activities worldwide: A systematic review from 2005 to 2017

MGK Houessionon, EMD Ouendo, C Bouland… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The recycling of electronic waste (e-waste) contaminates ecosystems with metals, though a
compilation of data from across sites worldwide is lacking, without which evidence-based …

Occurrence and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from electronic waste dismantling activities: A critical review from environmental pollution to human health

S Ma, M Lin, J Tang, R Liu, Y Yang, Y Yu, G Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest-growing solid wastes and has become an
urgent issue due to the potential adverse consequences of exposure to emitted toxic …

[HTML][HTML] Electronic waste and their leachates impact on human health and environment: Global ecological threat and management

L Saha, V Kumar, J Tiwari, S Rawat, J Singh… - … Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Electronic waste is an important part of solid waste management around the world. Being a
large part of the solid waste, e-waste contains numerous hazardous components in the form …

Impacts of heavy metals and soil properties at a Nigerian e-waste site on soil microbial community

B Jiang, A Adebayo, J Jia, Y Xing, S Deng… - Journal of hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination is a serious problem worldwide threatening soil environment
and human health. In the present study, concentrations of 6 heavy metals at an electronic …

Global trends and future prospects of e-waste research: a bibliometric analysis

Y Gao, L Ge, S Shi, Y Sun, M Liu, B Wang… - … Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
Electronic waste (e-waste) has been widely studied by scholars all over the world, but the
research topics and development trends in this field are still unclear. This study aimed to …

Biochar enhances bioelectrochemical remediation of pentachlorophenol-contaminated soils via long-distance electron transfer

X Cai, Y Yuan, L Yu, B Zhang, J Li, T Liu, Z Yu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
The soil bioelectrochemical system (SBES) is a promising biotechnology for the remediation
of contaminated soils. However, the effective distance of pollutant removal in the SBES was …

Heavy metal-immobilizing bacteria combined with calcium polypeptides reduced the uptake of Cd in wheat and shifted the rhizosphere bacterial communities

H Han, X Wu, L Yao, Z Chen - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
In situ stabilization techniques for the “remediation” of heavy metal-contaminated soil are a
novel and inexpensive technology. However, the mechanisms underlying the interaction of …

Responsive change of crop-specific soil bacterial community to cadmium in farmlands surrounding mine area of Southeast China

C Wang, Y Jia, Q Wang, F Yan, M Wu, X Li… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
In arable soils co-influenced by mining and farming, soil bacteria significantly affect metal
(Cadmium, Cd) bioavailability and accumulation. To reveal the soil microecology response …

Depth-dependent patterns of soil microbial community in the E-waste dismantling area

K Yan, Q You, S Wang, Y Zou, J Chen, J Xu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The long-term dismantling of electronic waste (E-waste) has contaminated the soil
environment considerably. In spite of this, it is unknown if it affects the depth-resolved …

Remediation of emerging contaminated sites due to uncontrolled e-waste recycling

S Lin, XW Chen, Z Cai, J Shi, J Fu, G Jiang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of primitive techniques in recycling electronic waste (e-waste) has led to severe soil
pollution in recent decades, posing great threats to environmental and human health. It is …