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Phytoremediation of Electronic Waste: A Mechanistic Overview and Role of Plant Secondary Metabolites

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The escalating economic growth, urbanization and globalization over the last three decades have resulted in the huge production and consumption of electronic devices and appliances all over the world. This has caused an alarming situation of the disposition of electronic waste (e-waste) from the used and discarded electronic products to the environment, which can adversely affect the ecosystem and health of the humans. Management, treatment and recycling of e-waste become crucial to prevent the serious environmental complications and diseases. Among the several methods for treatment of e-waste, phytoremediation is of vital importance, which involves the application of plants and vegetation for the remediation of e-waste contaminants. Phytoremediation technology is a cost-effective green technology known for its optimal results on-site and is considered as environment-friendly and generally socially acceptable. The success of phytoremediation technology is by virtue of some unique plants which possess selective capabilities such as uptake of the metals by roots, translocation through stem and bioaccumulation in the leaves.

In this chapter, we have described in detail the process of phytoremediation as a suitable and sustainable method for remediation of e-waste contaminants including heavy metals and other hazardous substances. Further, a mechanistic overview of the process of phytoremediation technology for treatment of e-waste has been elucidated to highlight the functional role of phytochemicals of plants in contaminants removal through phytoremediation.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical and Life Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), Mardan, Pakistan

    Mubarak Ali Khan & Nazif Ullah

  2. Department of Biotechnology, University of Malakand, Chakdara Dir Lower, Pakistan

    Tariq Khan

  3. Department of Microbiology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), Mardan, Pakistan

    Muhsin Jamal

  4. Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Naseer Ali Shah

  5. Department of Biotechnology, Bacha Khan University, Charsadda, KP, Pakistan

    Huma Ali

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Khan, M.A., Ullah, N., Khan, T., Jamal, M., Shah, N.A., Ali, H. (2019). Phytoremediation of Electronic Waste: A Mechanistic Overview and Role of Plant Secondary Metabolites. In: Hashmi, M., Varma, A. (eds) Electronic Waste Pollution. Soil Biology, vol 57. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26615-8_16

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