Oil spills result in negative impacts on the environment, economy and society. Due to tidal
and waves actions, the oil spillage affects the shorelines by adhering to the soil, making it …

Bioremediation of contaminated groundwater or soil is currently the cheapest and the least
harmful method of removing xenobiotics from the environment. Immobilization of …

Emissions of n-alkanes are facing increasingly stringent management challenges.
Biotrickling filtration in the presence of surfactants is a competitive alternative for the …

The aim of this study was to verify the hypothesis that a hydrocarbon degrading community
isolated from a site heavily polluted with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and …

The recent advances in industrialization and constant application of agropesticides have led
to increase in the release of hazardous compounds into the environment. Most of these …

Profenofos (PFF) is an organophosphate insecticide and used worldwide to control harmful
pests and insect populations. Removal of PFF from the environment is important because of …

Saponins were applied to enhance ethylbenzene removal in biotrickling filters (BTFs), and
comparison experiments were carried out to evaluate the effects of saponins on …

Diverse marine bacterial species predominantly found in oil-polluted seawater produce
diverse surface-active agents. Surface-active agents produced by bacteria are classified into …

Diclofenac (DCF) constitutes one of the most significant ecopollutants detected in various
environmental matrices. Biological clean-up technologies that rely on xenobiotics-degrading …

Plant-derived surfactants are characterised by low toxicity, high biodegradability and
environmental compatibility. They therefore have many applications; for instance, they can …