Bioremediation of Industrial Waste for Environmental Safety Gebunden

Achieving environmental sustainability with rapid industrialization is currently a major global challenge. Industries are the key economic drivers but are also the main polluters as untreated partially treated effluents from industry are usually discharged into the aquatic environment or dumped. Industrial effluents often contain highly toxic and hazardous pollutants which cause ecological damage and present and health hazards to living beings. As such there is a pressing need to find ecofriendly solutions to deal with industrial waste and to develop sustainable methods for treating detoxi fying waste before it's released into the environment. As a low cost and eco-friendly clean technology bioremediation can offer a sustainable alternative to conventional remediation technologies for the treatment and management of industrial wastes.This book (Volume II) describes the role of biological agents in the degradation and detoxification of organic and inorganic pollutants in industrial wastes and presents recent bioremediation approaches for waste treatment and management such as constructed wetlands electro- bioremediation and nano-bioremediation as well as microbial fuel cells. It appeals to students researchers scientists industry professionals and experts in the field of microbiology biotechnology environmental sciences eco-toxicology environmental remediation and waste management and other relevant areas who are interested in biodegradation and bioremediation of industrial wastes for environmental safety.