Microplastics pollution is one of the most pressing environmental problems of the 21st
century. While microplastics are pervasive throughout various environmental compartments …

Environmental and economic implications linked with the proper ecofriendly disposal of
modern day wastes, has made it essential to come up with alternative waste management …

Drinking water and farm-to-fork pathways have been identified as the predominant
environmental pathways associated with human exposure (HE) to Pb. This study integrates …

Waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) are receptors for the cumulative loading of
microplastics (MPs) derived from industry, landfill, domestic wastewater and stormwater. The …

Sewage sludge/biosolids are by-wastes of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment.
As sources of nutrients (C, N, P) they are widely used in intensive farming where large …

Land application of municipal sewage sludge has become an attractive option and disposal
method used worldwide. Hence, the suitability of the sludge with regards to toxic and …

Salt-induced soil degradation is a serious threat to global agriculture which is responsible
for diminished productivity of agro-ecosystems. Irrigation with poor quality water and …

Bio-stabilization sludge contains numerous dissolved organic matter (DOM) that could enter
aquatic environments by soil leaching after sludge land use, but a clear understanding of …

In the last thirty years, portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) has grown from prototypes to
being a key technique for field geochemical analyses, especially for mining and …

The dairy industry is one of the largest global producers of wastewater and generates huge
volumes of dairy processing sludge (DPS). There are two main types of DPS, lime-treated …