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Khan, Aqib Hassan Ali Kiyani, Amna Santiago Herrera, Mario Ibáñez Porras, Jesús Yousaf, Sohail Iqbal, Mazhar Martel Martín, Sonia Barros García, Rocío 2023-03-01T08:44:56Z 2023-03-01T08:44:56Z 2023-01 0301-4797 http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7472 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116700 Heavy metals (HMs) are indestructible and non-biodegradable. Phytoremediation presents an opportunity to transfer HMs from environmental matrices into plants, making it easy to translocate from one place to another. The ornate features of HMs’ phytoremediation are biophilia and carbon neutrality, compared to the physical and chemical remediation methods. Some recent studies related to LCA also support that phytoremediation is technically more sustainable than competing technologies. However, one major post-application challenge associated with HMs phytoremediation is properly managing HMs contaminated biomass generated. Such a yield presents the problem of reintroducing HMs into the environment due to natural decomposition and release of plant sap from the harvested biomass. The transportation of high yields can also make phytoremediation economically inviable. This review presents the design of a sustainable phytoremediation strategy using an everevolving life cycle assessment tool. This review also discusses possible post-phytoremediation biomass management strategies for the HMs contaminated biomass management. These strategies include composting, leachate compaction, gasification, pyrolysis, torrefaction, and metal recovery. Further, the commercial outlook for properly utilizing HMs contaminated biomass was presented. Authors apologize to all authors whose research has supported this area of interest, and their relevant findings were left out during the preparation of this review. Funding sources: This work was financed by the GREENER project of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 826312). It has also received funds from Board of Education of Junta de Castilla y Leon ´ and the European Social Fund. application/pdf eng Elsevier Journal of Environmental Management. 2023, V. 326, 116700 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116700 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/826312/EU/InteGRated systems for Effective ENvironmEntal Remediation/GREENER/ Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Phytoremediation Contaminated biomass Postharvest management Metal recovery Heavy metals Life cycle assessment Agricultura Agriculture Sustainability of phytoremediation: Post-harvest stratagems and economic opportunities for the produced metals contaminated biomass info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Journal of Environmental Management 326