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T1 Sustainability of phytoremediation: Post-harvest stratagems and economic opportunities for the produced metals contaminated biomass
A1 Khan, Aqib Hassan Ali
A1 Kiyani, Amna
A1 Santiago Herrera, Mario
A1 Ibáñez Porras, Jesús
A1 Yousaf, Sohail
A1 Iqbal, Mazhar
A1 Martel Martín, Sonia
A1 Barros García, Rocío
K1 Phytoremediation
K1 Contaminated biomass
K1 Postharvest management
K1 Metal recovery
K1 Heavy metals
K1 Life cycle assessment
K1 Agricultura
K1 Agriculture
AB Heavy metals (HMs) are indestructible and non-biodegradable. Phytoremediation presents an opportunity totransfer 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 andchemical remediation methods. Some recent studies related to LCA also support that phytoremediation istechnically more sustainable than competing technologies. However, one major post-application challengeassociated with HMs phytoremediation is properly managing HMs contaminated biomass generated. Such a yieldpresents the problem of reintroducing HMs into the environment due to natural decomposition and release ofplant sap from the harvested biomass. The transportation of high yields can also make phytoremediationeconomically 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 outlookfor properly utilizing HMs contaminated biomass was presented.
PB Elsevier
SN 0301-4797
YR 2023
FD 2023-01
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7472
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7472
LA eng
NO 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.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 03-may-2024