Heavy-metal (HM) pollution is considered a leading source of environmental contamination.
Heavy-metal pollution in ground water poses a serious threat to human health and the …

Phytoremediation has emerged as a green, passive, solar energy driven and cost effective
approach for environmental cleanup when compared to physico-chemical and even other …

Plants are known to remediate dyes, metals and emerging contaminants from wastewaters.
Vetiveria zizanioides, a perennial bunchgrass showed removal of Remazol Red (RR, 100 …

The wastewater at Sukinda chromite mines (SCM) area of Orissa (India) showed high levels
of toxic hexavalent chromium (Cr VI). Wastewater from chromium-contaminated mines …

Phytoremediation through aquatic macrophytes treatment system (AMATS) for the removal
of pollutants and contaminants from various natural sources is a well established …

In situ phytoremediation of dyes from textile wastewater was carried out in a high rate
transpiration system ridges (91.4 m× 1.0 m) cultivated independently with Tagetes patula …

Water hyacinth was introduced as an ornamental crop in many countries more than a
century ago, due to its attractive appearance and aesthetical value in the environment …

Batik is well known as one of the unique identifiers of the Southeast Asian region. Several
countries that still preserve the batik heritage are Malaysia, Indonesia, China and India. The …

Phytoremediation techniques for the treatment of different types of wastewater have been
used by several researchers. These techniques are reported to be cost effective compared …

Abstract Treatment of water contaminated with heavy metals is challenging. Heavy metals
are non-degradable, persistent in the environment, have a high dispersion capacity by …