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Nutrients Sequestration from Slaughterhouse Wastewater with Kinetic Model Studies Using C. vulgaris for Lipid Production and Reduction in Freshwater Footprint: A Synergistic Approach
A new issue resulting from shifting dietary preferences is effluent from slaughterhouses. Because non-point sources produce the majority of the wastewater from slaughterhouses, treating it is a laborious opera...
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Understanding the benefits and implications of irrigation water and fertilizer use on plant health
Shrinking agricultural land sizes and multiplied food demand have prompted overuse of fertilizers in agriculture, leading to a series of environmental repercussions worsening day after day. In the contemporary...
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A holistic review on trend, occurrence, factors affecting pesticide concentration, and ecological risk assessment
Demographic outbursts and increased food demands invoke excessive use of pesticides in the agricultural field for increasing productivity which leads to the relentless decline of riverine health and its tribut...
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Metalliferous Soil Remediation Through Heavy Metal-Resistant Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria: Prospects and Paradigms
Heavy metals (HMs) are natural assets on the planet, but they have become a serious threat to environmental pollution due to fast industrial enterprise, metropolitanism, and recent technological breakthroughs....
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Impact of Pollutant Load from Textile Dyeing Industry Wastewater on Biometric Growth Profile of Vigna radiata
The phytoremediation of wastewater has certain advantages, but the interactions of soil and crop properties have not been systematically studied. This study aimed to analyze how different concentrations of tex...
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COVID-19 and waste management in Indian scenario: challenges and possible solutions
The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has created havoc all across the globe causing exponential casualties and tremendous health and economic loss. With increasing COVID-19 cases, the amount of biomedical waste h...
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An Overview on Heavy Metal Contamination of Water System and Sustainable Approach for Remediation
The occurrence of heavy metal(loid)s (HMs) in water systems is a well-recognized threat to public health and biota at global scale due to their higher toxicity even at lower concentration. HMs in aqueous syste...
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Application of Wastewater in Irrigation and Its Regulation with Special Reference to Agriculture Residues
Growing urban agglomeration across the world has promoted unscientific disposal of wastewater. In this view, wastewater exploitation in agriculture is a sustainable way of its utilization. Application of waste...
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An insight to municipal solid waste management of Varanasi city, India, and appraisal of vermicomposting as its efficient management approach
Varanasi, India’s historic cultural capital, struggles with efficient waste management practices. This impacts environment and human well-being in terms of waste generation that is estimated around 550–650 TPD...
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Restoration, Construction, and Conservation of Degrading Wetlands: A Step Toward Sustainable Management Practices
In the current scenario, the world is facing various water-related issues, for instance, water shortage, degradation of water resources, pollution of aquatic systems, and proliferation of waterborne diseases. ...
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Industrial Wastewater Footprinting: A Need for Water Security in Indian Context
The continued population expansion with limited resources on the planet earth deteriorated the quality of the environment. To manage the water resources at regional, national and global level, the input-output...
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Bioactive Compost: An Approach for Managing Plant Growth in Environmentally Stressed Soils
The use of bioactive compost for improving the quality of plants and to increase their growth and yield in environmentally stressed soils is a promising approach as they contain beneficial microorganisms as on...
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India’s Major Subsurface Pollutants Under Future Climatic Scenarios: Challenges and Remedial Solutions
Climatic variabilities may alter biogeochemical interactions with the subsurface environment. As of now, arsenic, fluoride, nitrate, NORMs, and hydrocarbon pollutants cover many geographical area of India. It ...
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E-waste and Their Implications on the Environment and Human Health
Rapid influx of modern technology in the past few decades has led to an exponential increase in the usage of the electrical and electronic equipment on a global level. This unprecedented increase, on one hand,...
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Recycling of Organic Wastes in Agriculture: An Environmental Perspective
Inadequate organic waste management leads to a plethora of problems such as environmental pollution, eutrophication, esthetic damage to urban landscape, greenhouse gases emission and effects on human health. U...
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Physiological, Biochemical, Growth, and Yield Responses of Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) Plants Grown on Different Sewage Sludge–Fly Ash Mixture (SLASH) Ratios
Agricultural utilization of sewage sludge (SS) and fly ash (FA) can be explored as an alternative and sustainable waste management option to recycle valuable plant nutrients present in both the wastes. A pot e...
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Open AccessBiochemical, physiological, and yield responses of lady’s finger (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) grown on varying ratios of municipal solid waste vermicompost
In the present study, effect of earthworm-processed MSW was seen on biochemical, physiological, and yield responses of Abelmoschus esculentus L.
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Growth performance, metal accumulation and biochemical responses of Palak (Beta vulgaris L. var. Allgreen H-1) grown on soil amended with sewage sludge-fly ash mixtures
Agricultural utilization of sewage sludge (SS) and fly ash (FA) has become both, a common practice and an alternative disposal method for these wastes all around the world. The present study was conducted to a...
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An Insight to Atmospheric Pollution- Improper Waste Management and Climate Change Nexus
Urbanization and industrialization along with expansion of the cities, extract resources indiscriminately in order to provide better access to food security, education, health and employment. However, accompan...