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Introduction to Industrial Wastes Containing Organic and Inorganic Pollutants and Bioremediation Approaches for Environmental Management

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Bioremediation of Industrial Waste for Environmental Safety

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Industrial wastes are one of the sources of environmental pollution. Industrial waste contains a variety of highly toxic organic and inorganic pollutants and thus may cause serious toxicity in the living organisms. Therefore, the adequate treatment and management of such hazardous wastes to protect the environment and public health. Bioremediation can be a suitable alternative to the physicochemical approaches, which are environmentally destructive and costly and may cause secondary pollution. It has been approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) as an eco-friendly waste management technique that revitalizes the contaminated environment and promotes sustainable development. Therefore, this chapter introduces the toxicity profile of different industrial wastes containing various organic and inorganic pollutants and bioremediation technologies such as microbial bioremediation, phytoremediation, enzymatic remediation, electro-bioremediation, nano-bioremediation, etc. with limitations and challenges.

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Acknowledgment

The financial support as “Major Research Projects” (Grant No.: EEQ/2017/000407) from the “Science and Engineering Research Board” (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Government of India (GOI), New Delhi, India, and University Grant Commission (UGC) Fellowship received by Mr. Gaurav Saxena for doctoral studies is duly acknowledged.

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  2. Department of Biochemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India

    Sikandar I. Mulla

  3. CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China

    Sikandar I. Mulla

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Bharagava, R.N., Saxena, G., Mulla, S.I. (2020). Introduction to Industrial Wastes Containing Organic and Inorganic Pollutants and Bioremediation Approaches for Environmental Management. In: Saxena, G., Bharagava, R. (eds) Bioremediation of Industrial Waste for Environmental Safety. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1891-7_1

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