Environmental Hazards of Plastic Wastes: Bioremediation Approaches for Environmental Clean-up

Environmental Hazards of Plastic Wastes: Bioremediation Approaches for Environmental Clean-up focuses on the exploitation of various biological treatment technologies, their use to treat plastic contaminants, and restoration of contaminated sites. The book also addresses the biological treatment of plastic waste and its management of sustainable technologies for its reuse for environmental protection. The book examines advanced technologies, updated information, and future directions for researchers and scientists working in the bioremediation and biodegradation of plastic contaminants and reutilization of plastic wastes in the production of construction materials for environmental safety. The treatment of plastic wastes with environmentally benign approaches will be assessed in this book and will also provide ways to protect our natural environment by managing hazardous plastic pollutants through various techno-based, eco-friendly strategies. Describes how bioremediation approaches can be successfully applied for waste management, eco-restoration, and environmental protectionProvides information on the state-of-art application of microbes, whether individual or synergistic, for treating plastic waste and environmental protectionOffers a substantial contribution to solving the problem of plastic waste which contains many hazardous organic compounds INDICE: 1. Plastic in the environment, properties, types, and application 2. Hazardous effects of plastic waste on the ecosystem, human-beings, and animal health. 3. Microplastics in marine ecosystem and Current trends in environmental pollution and mechanisms of toxicological profile. 4. Biodegradation of plastics: current scenario and prospects for environmental safety 5. Accumulation of plastic waste in the natural environment. and its life cycle assessment 6. Relevance of microbes in plastic waste degradation 7. Fungal degradation of plastics 8. Bacterial degradation of plastics 9. Synergistic approaches for the bioremediation of plastic pollutants 10. Role of earthworms in the degradation of microplastics 11. Mechanism of plastic biodegradation 12. Role of microbial enzymes in the degradation of plastics 13. Use of waste plastic in preparation of value-added construction materials. 14. Bioplastics for circular economy 15. Current achievements in removal of plastic wastes, new technologies involved and economics 16. Application of plastics for production of fuel 17. Recent development in the use of enzymes for degradation of microplastics 18. Economic approaches for plastic waste removal/disposal and reuse. 19.Mechanism and pathways for recycling of plastic wastes and application possibilities. 20. Practical strategy to reduce supermarket plastic bags with technical and economic data and to check its global impact on pollution reduction 21. Case studies from Asia, Europe, and America for plastic waste removal/recycling 22. Monitoring tools and technologies for plastics in the natural environment (soil, sediment, water) 23. Regulations, policies and acts related for the management of plastic wastes in different countries

• ISBN: 978-0-443-23599-3
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 305
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2024
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés