Composting and its application in bioremediation of organic contaminants

C Lin, NK Cheruiyot, XT Bui, HH Ngo - Bioengineered, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This review investigates the findings of the most up-to-date literature on bioremediation via
composting technology. Studies on bioremediation via composting began during the 1990s …

Exploring the role of microbes for the management of persistent organic pollutants

M Kumar, SK Saggu, P Pratibha, SK Singh… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are chemicals which have been persisting in the
environment for many years due to their longer half-lives. POPs have gained attention over …

Identifying the key factors that affect the formation of humic substance during different materials composting

J Wu, Y Zhao, H Qi, X Zhao, T Yang, Y Du… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to identify the factors which can affect humic substance (HS)
formation. Composting periods, HS precursors, bacteria communities and environment …

Free radicals accelerate in situ ageing of microplastics during sludge composting

R Xing, Z Chen, H Sun, H Liao, S Qin, W Liu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Composting is the last “barrier” for microplastics (MPs) in the entry of organic solid wastes
into the environment. The transformation of MPs is thought to be mainly driven by …

Biodegradation mechanism of chlorpyrifos by halophilic bacterium Hortaea sp. B15

T Hadibarata, RA Kristanti, M Bilal, M Yilmaz… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
For decades, most of the developing nations have relied on chlorpyrifos for insecticidal
activity in the agriculture sector. It is a common chlorinated organophosphorus pesticide that …

Enhanced degradation of microplastics during sludge composting via microbially-driven Fenton reaction

R Xing, H Sun, X Du, H Lin, S Qin, Z Chen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
It has been increasingly documented that the hydroxyl radical (• OH) can promote the
transformation of organic contaminants such as microplastics (MPs) in various …

Sensitive surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) detection of organochlorine pesticides by alkyl dithiol-functionalized metal nanoparticles-induced …

J Kubackova, G Fabriciova, P Miskovsky… - Analytical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this work, we report the detection of the organochlorine pesticides aldrin, dieldrin, lindane,
and α-endosulfan by using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) and …

Hyperthermophilic pretreatment composting significantly accelerates humic substances formation by regulating precursors production and microbial communities

Y Huang, L Danyang, GM Shah, W Chen, W Wang… - Waste Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Hyperthermophilic pretreatment composting (HPC) is superior to traditional composting (TC)
with enhanced compost maturity and accelerated humic substances (HS) formation …

Effect of biochar addition on sludge aerobic composting and greenbelt utilization

L Liu, Q Ye, Q Wu, T Liu, S Peng - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar (B) addition is considered to be an effective optimization method for accelerating the
composting process and improving the quality of the final compost. Many studies have …

Windrow composting as horticultural waste management strategy–a case study in Ecuador

I Gavilanes-Terán, J Jara-Samaniego… - Waste management, 2016 - Elsevier
In Ecuador, enormous quantities of vegetable wastes are produced annually from the
horticultural industries. Composting can be a feasible treatment to stabilise horticultural …