With the substantial increase in sludge production, the disposal of sludge and the reduction
of secondary pollution by heavy metals have become one of the hottest topics in the field of …

The removal of heavy metals from sewage sludge (SS) is attracting increasing attention
because the presence of toxic heavy metals in SS restricts its reuse or disposal, especially …

Inadequate organic waste management leads to a plethora of problems such as
environmental pollution, eutrophication, esthetic damage to urban landscape, greenhouse …

Substituting chemical fertilizer with organic fertilizer is an important agricultural practice that
improves crop yields but also affects soil biogeochemical cycling. To explore the effects of …

Environmental selection of antibiotic resistance may be caused by either antibiotic residues
or coselecting agents. Using a strictly controlled experimental design, we compared the …

Organic matter amendments have been proposed as a means to enhance soil carbon (C)
stocks on degraded soils. However, only few data exist on rates of soil C sequestration or …

The agricultural reuse of urban sewage sludge in degraded croplands has seen a wide
acceptance for biowaste recycling and for the improvement of soil fertility. However, soil …

Using sewage sludge for agricultural soil conditioning may be a potential alternative for its
proper disposal and enhancing soil fertility by virtue of its high content of organic matter and …

The return of straw to soil can help closing the nutrient cycle in agricultural ecosystems and
is an effective means of improving the physical and chemical properties of soil. The objective …

The quantification and identification of new plasmid-acquiring bacteria in representative
mating conditions is critical to characterize the risk of horizontal gene transfer in the …