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T1 Sustainable management of post-phytoremediation biomass
A1 Mukherjee, Santanu
A1 Leri, Alessandra C.
A1 Bandaranayaka, Chathurika
A1 Vázquez-Núñez, Edgar
A1 Barros García, Rocío
A1 Khan, Aqib Hassan Ali
A1 Zhou, Pingfan
A1 Zhang, Tao
A1 Bernal, M. Pilar
A1 Clemente, Rafael
A1 Bolan, Nanthi
K1 Post-phytoremediation
K1 Bioenergy
K1 Redistribution
K1 Toxic metals
K1 Catalysts
K1 Food chain
K1 Toxicología ambiental
K1 Environmental toxicology
AB Organic and inorganic contaminants are entrained into environmental systems through natural and anthropogenic processes, such as mining activities, manufacturing, and waste disposal. In terrestrial and aquatic environments, the contaminant(s) remediation can be achieved by immobilization, thereby inhibiting their dispersal and bioavailability. Mobilization, through leaching and plant uptake, is another process of pollutant removal. Phytoremediation has attracted attention as an eco-friendly alternative for the remediation of contaminated environments. However, the safe management of post-phytoremediation contaminated biomass poses many practical challenges. Understanding the fate of the pollutants in the plants allows the estimation of the possible transfer of the contaminants to the food chain ascertain by-products or residues during biofuel production. Metal-enriched fractions could be used as a valuable source of novel catalysts or reusable materials. The safe conversion of biomass into energy may require sequestering contaminants at any step of the process, preferably upstream of the energy conversion or as a pre-treatment of plant biomass. Through gasification or pyrolysis of post-remediation biomass, bioenergy products (including syngas, oil, hydrogen gas, biochar, and hydrochar) can be used for heating and electricity generation. A comparative evaluation among pyrolysis, gasification, combustion, and liquefaction/fermentation processes for biofuel production from post-phytoremediation biomass suggests that pyrolysis is the strategy with the lowest transfer of toxic metals to the final products. This review presents critical discussions of the processes involved in phytoremediation of contaminated environments, the redistribution of contaminants within plant biomass, the sustainable management of post-phytoremediation biomass, and the unintended environmental consequences of phytoremediation
PB Springer Nature
SN 2363-7692
YR 2025
FD 2025-12
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11773
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11773
LA eng
NO We acknowledge the Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) National Research Network, which receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change (Grant No. 2008937). This research was also supported by the Soil Science Challenge Grants Program funded by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (project 4-H4T24R2) and contributes towards the National Soil Strategy and the implementation of the National Soil Action Plan. The contribution by Prof. M.B. Kirkham, Dr Shiv Bolan and Prof Kadambot H.M. Siddique at the early stages of this review is thankfully acknowledged
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 15-jun-2026