Applied Biotechnology for Emerging Pollutants Remediation and Energy Conversion [E-Book]

Chapter 1. Principles and methods for the removal of microplastics in wastewater -- Chapter 2. The impacts of plastics on environmental sustainability and ways to degrade microplastics -- Chapter 3 Biosurfactants for plastic biodegradation -- Chapter 4. zinc oxide nanoparticles for the treatment of textile dye effluent -- Chapter 5. Advancements on biotechnological and microbial biodegradation of textile wastewater -- Chapter 6. Emergence of antimicrobial resistance among microbiome in wastewater treatment plant and strategies to tackle their effects in environment -- Chapter 7. The role of wastewater treatment technologies in municipal landfill leachate treatment -- Chapter 8. Fungal bioremediation of soils contaminated by petroleum hydrocarbons -- Chapter 9. Microbial biosurfactant in the removal of hydrophobic (oily) pollutants laden industrial wastes -- Chapter 10. Hazardous Organic Pollutant Contamination in Indian Holistic Rivers Risk Assessment and Prevention Strategies -- Chapter11. Is marine waste a boon or bane? An insight on its source, production, disposal consequences and utilization -- Chapter 12. A waste-to-wealth prospective through biotechnological advancements -- Chapter 13. Industrial perspectives of the three major generations of liquid and gaseous based biofuel production -- Chapter 14. Metabolic Engineering Approaches for Bioenergy production -- Chapter 15. Exploitation of Marine Waste for Value Added Products synthesis.

This contributed volume comprises of detailed chapters covering the biotechnological approaches employed for the removal of toxic recalcitrant xenobiotics such as petroleum hydrocarbons, textile dyes, microplastics and synthetic polymers that pose serious threat to the environment. It also includes the waste to energy conversion strategies that provides a deep insight on the need for waste circular economy for different developing countries and its implication on sustainable development goals such as SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production) SDG 14 (Life below water); and SDG 15 (Life on land). Emerging pollutants sourced from both industries and anthropogenic activity have created havoc in recent years for public health and destruction of biodiversity at multiple levels. The alarming increase in the global population and rapid industrialization might aggravate the problems associated with these hazardous pollutants in near future. Effluent from different industries may containhigh amounts of xenobiotic hazardous contaminants such as dyes, hydrocarbons, synthetic surfactants, microplastics, etc. Industries and public sewers handling such waste streams are facing a plethora of challenges in the effluent treatment and solid waste disposal due to various factors that start from production to adoption of appropriate technologies. Therefore, there is an immediate circumvention of bottlenecks through sustainable mitigation strategies. This book is of interest to teachers, researchers, climate change scientists, capacity builders and policymakers. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, soil science, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists, policy makers also find this to be a useful read.