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Cadmium is a very toxic heavy metal which serves no beneficial effect to living organism. Industrial discharge can contain cadmium and contaminate surface water. Phytoremediation, a new cost-effective energy-efficient removal technology, deserves special attention. In the present study, phytoremediation efficiency of Eichornia crassipes from cadmium-contaminated water has been demonstrated. Cadmium removal from solution was dependent upon residual cadmium concentration and treatment period. In this process, macrophytes absorb and accumulate cadmium mainly within its root system. After saturation of cadmium-accumulating sites, harvested plant biomass was dried completely to reduce its volume and then solidified after rendering it as a concrete ingredient for use in concrete industry. This process was intended to restrict mobility of cadmium by compacting it inside some inert material like concrete. Findings of TCLP test ensured this process as eco-safe disposal technique of phtytoremediated plant.
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Chaudhuri, D., Bandyopadhyay, K., Majumder, A., Misra, A.K. (2017). Heavy Metal Removal by Aquatic Plants and Its Disposal by Using as a Concrete Ingredient. In: Sivakumar Babu, G., Reddy, K., De, A., Datta, M. (eds) Geoenvironmental Practices and Sustainability. Developments in Geotechnical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4077-1_29
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