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• Industries—Environmental aspects [Browse]

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• Wiley InterScience (Online service) [Browse]
• Kapoor, Riti Thapar, editor [Browse]
• Singh, Rachana, editor [Browse]

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Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.

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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 17, 2025).

Contents

• Preface
• 1 Membrane-Assisted Technologies for Treating Pulp and Paper Industry Wastewater 1 Richa Aggrawal, Jitender Dhiman, Anshu, Shrutikona Das, Kumar Anupam and Ashwani Kumar
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Membrane-Based Technologies for Wastewater Treatment
• 1.3 Membrane Classification
• 1.4 Application of Membrane Technology in the Pulp and Paper Industry
• 1.5 Conclusion
• 2 Review of Recent Advances in Hazardous Waste Management of Chemical and Textile Industries Using Microbial-Assisted/Algae-Based Technologies 27 Bibhab Kumar Lodh
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Different Types of Waste from Chemical and Textile Industries
• 2.3 Microalgae and their Various Uses
• 2.4 Waste Treatment Using Microbial-Assisted/Algae-Based Technologies
• 2.5 Mechanisms of Remediation and the Factors which Influence them
• 2.6 Application of Various Bioremediation in Managing Industrial Pollution
• 2.7 Conclusion and Future Aspects for Waste Treatment Using Algae-Based Biomass
• 3 Environmental Contaminants: Sources, Types and Future Challenges: An Update 51 Ravi Kumar Gangwar, Neha Singh, Pashupati Nath, Anamika Agarwal and Jaspal Singh
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Algal and Cyanobacterial Toxins
• 3.3 Novel Brominated Flame Retardants
• 3.4 Disinfection by-Products
• 3.5 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
• 3.6 Hormones and Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds (EDCs)
• 3.7 Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
• 3.8 Surfactants and Their Metabolites
• 3.9 Benzotriazoles and Dioxane
• 3.10 Plasticizers and Pesticides
• 3.11 Consequences of Current Trends of Environmental Contaminants
• 3.12 Future Challenges
• 4 Efficacy of Microbes in the Removal of Pesticides from Watershed System 83 Prasann Kumar, Debjani Choudhury and Padmanabh Dwivedi
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Remediation of Pesticides through the Biological Pathway--A Green and Prospective Approach
• 4.3 Enzymatic Degradation of Pesticide
• 4.4 Mechanism and Molecular Advancement of Pesticide Degradation
• 4.5 In-Vitro Treatment Using Microbial Consortium
• 5 Emerging Environmental Contaminants: Sources, Consequences and Future Challenges 119 Neetu Talreja, Chitrakara Hegde, Enamala Manoj Kumar and Murthy Chavali
• 5.1 Introduction to Environmental Contaminants
• 5.2 Sources of Environmental Contaminants
• 5.3 Emerging Micro-Pollutants from Various Sources
• 5.4 Consequences of Emerging Environmental Contaminants
• 5.5 Contaminations and Their Routes
• 5.6 Types of Environmental Contaminants
• 5.7 Conclusion
• 6 Microbial Degradation of Textile Dyes: A Sustainable Approach for Treatment of Industrial Effluents 151 Shivanshi Tyagi, Rachana Singh and Riti Thapar Kapoor
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Textile Dyes
• 6.3 Toxicity of Textile Dyes
• 6.4 Decolourization and Degradation of Textile Dyes
• 6.5 Microbial Degradation of Dyes
• 6.6 Fungal Dye Degradation
• 6.7 Dye Degradation by Fungal Consortia
• 6.8 Dye Degradation by Co-Microbial Cultures (Bacterial-Fungal Consortia)
• 6.9 Recent Advances and Future Prospects
• 6.10 Conclusion
• 7 Environmental Cleanup: Xenobiotic Degradation with Enzymes as Decontaminating Agents 171 Sonia Sethi and Gokulendra Singh Bhatti
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Classification of Xenobiotics
• 7.3 Catabolic Enzymes of Degradation Pathways
• 7.4 Hydrocarbon Degradation
• 7.5 Bioremediation Potential of Microorganisms for Xenobiotic Compounds
• 7.6 Enzymes
• 7.7 Conclusion
• 8 Removal of Microplastics from Wastewater: An Approach towards a Sustainable Ecosystem 203 Neha Rana and Piyush Gupta
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Detection Methods for MPs
• 8.3 Removal Techniques for MPs
• 8.4 Recent Techniques for Removal of MPs
• 8.5 Challenges and Future Perspectives
• 8.6 Conclusion
• 9 Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Current Technologies for Removal from Aqueous Systems 225 Neha Rana and Piyush Gupta
• 9.1 Introduction
• 9.2 Common Forms of EDCs
• 9.3 Wastewater Treatment and EDCs Removal
• 9.4 Treatment Technologies for EDCs
• 9.5 Future Prospects
• 9.6 Conclusion
• 10 Current Status on Emerging Soil Applications of Biochar 247 Piyush Gupta and Neha Rana
• 10.1 Introduction
• 10.2 Biochar and Its Contents
• 10.3 Potential of Biochar to Influence Different Chemical Properties of Soil
• 10.4 Pyrolyzing Conditions, Nutrient Supplying Capacity, and Decomposition of Biochar
• 10.5 Impact of Biochar on Physical and Hydrological Properties of Soil
• 10.6 Effect of Biochar on Soil Biological Properties and Greenhouse Gases Emission
• 10.7 Influence of Biochar on Crop Yields
• 10.8 Biochar as a Slow Release Fertilizer
• 10.9 Conclusion
• 11 Microalgal Biorefineries: An Ingenious Framework towards Wastewater Treatment Coupled with Biofuel Production 277 Poulomi Ghosh and Saprativ P. Das
• 11.1 Introduction
• 11.2 Microalgal Cultivation System
• 11.3 Generation of Value-Added Products Deploying Microalgae
• 11.4 Biorefinery Development through Microalgae
• 11.5 Microalgae-Mediated Wastewater Treatment
• 11.6 Integrated Wastewater Treatment and Algal Biofuel Production
• 11.7 Future Prospects
• 11.8 Conclusions
• 12 Plastic Pollution: Microbial Degradation of Plastic Waste 311 Sushma Rani Tirkey, Remojit Biswas, Trisha Rajsi Topno, Aswathi K., Nagachandra Reddy C., Shristi Ram and Dineshkumar Ramalingam
• 12.1 Introduction
• 12.2 Plastic Degradation Methods
• 12.3 Mechanism Involved in Plastic Degradation
• 12.4 Genetic Engineering for Plastic Degradation
• 12.5 Conclusion
• References
• Index.

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ISBN

• 9781394159390 (electronic book)
• 1394159390 (electronic book)
• 9781394159383 (electronic book)
• 1394159382 (electronic book)
• 9781394159376
• 1394159374

OCLC

1499770533

Doi

10.1002/9781394159390

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