Microplastics and Soil Nutrient Cycling

Wijesooriya, Madhuni; Wijesekara, Hasintha; Sewwandi, Madushika; Soysa, Sasimali; Rajapaksha, Anushka Upamali; Vithanage, Meththika; Bolan, Nanthi

doi:10.1002/9781119879534.ch19

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“…CECs are major concerns for health and recycling of these is needed for circular economy and achieving SDG. The management of water and environmental resources are needed for the health of all organisms including humans [104][105][106][107][108][109]. Web based servers can be set up for individual countries especially developing countries to understand the nature of pollutants in the water and their soils.…”

Section: Disinfection By-products (Dbp)mentioning

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Environmental Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Occurrence and Remediation

Prasad,

Elchuri

2023

Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology

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Certain contaminants are termed as emerging (Contaminants of Emerging Concern, CEC) since all aspects of these pollutants are not known and their regulation is not ununiform across the nations. The CECs include many classes of compounds that are used in various industries, plant protection chemicals, personal care products and medicines. They accumulate in waterbodies, soils, organisms including humans. They cause deleterious effects on plant animal and human health. Therefore, alternative greener synthesis of these chemicals, sustainable economic methods of waste disposal, scaling up and circular methods using sludge for removing the contaminants are innovative methods that are pursued. There are several improvements in chemical waste treatments using electro-oxidation coupled with solar energy, high performing recycled granular activated charcoal derived from biomass are few advances in the field. Similarly, use of enzymes from microbes for waste removals is a widely used technique for bioremediation. The organisms are genetically engineered to remove hazardous chemicals, dyes, and metals. Novel technologies for mining economically the precious and rare earth elements from e-waste can improve circular economy. However, there is additional need for participation of various nations in working towards greener Earth. There should be pollution awareness in local communities that can work along with Government legislations.

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