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Effect of Emerging Contaminants from Paper Mill Industry into the Environment and Their Control

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Environmental Contaminants

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There has been growing concern regarding environment and human health owing to rise in environmental pollution. The paper industry released huge quantity of toxic effluent into the surrounding environment which inhibits the photosynthetic activity of aquatic biota, crop growth, etc., and thus has adverse effects on health, soil properties, and relative mobility in the soil profile. Hence, several aspects for management of pulp and paper effluent such as chemical, biological and mechanical treatments, recycling, monitoring, toxicology, environmental impact, and sustainable practice have been carried out. Further, various strategies need to be developed to determine the nature and extent of contaminants to natural resources. Presently, bioremediation methods using terrestrial and aquatic plants as well as microorganisms are considered more favorable for treating various industrial effluents. Although all bioremediation processes using microorganisms are appropriate for wastewater treatment, the integrated approach of yeast treatment process showed higher contaminant removal efficiencies with reduced energy costs and sustainable production of biodiesel. Thus, the utmost need of the hour is to synchronize environmental friendliness by using these methods over conventional methods owing to their reduced chemical and biological sludge production, more efficiency, and low cost.

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  1. Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee Saharanpur Campus, 247001, Saharanpur, India

    Farha Deeba & Yuvraj S. Negi

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Deeba, F., Pruthi, V., Negi, Y.S. (2018). Effect of Emerging Contaminants from Paper Mill Industry into the Environment and Their Control. In: Gupta, T., Agarwal, A., Agarwal, R., Labhsetwar, N. (eds) Environmental Contaminants. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7332-8_17

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