E‐waste generated from end‐of‐life spent lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) is increasing at a rapid
rate owing to the increasing consumption of these batteries in portable electronics, electric …

This review discusses the latest trend in recovering valuable metals from spent lithium-ion
batteries (LIBs) to meet the technological world's critical metal demands. Spent LIBs are a …

Incineration is widely adopted in modern waste management because it provides an
effective way to minimize municipal solid waste that needs to be disposed of in landfills. The …

Waste will become the major resource in the future circular economy. In particular, E-waste
is a major sector growing at an annual rate of about 2 million tonnes (Mt) with rising users of …

Incineration is currently the most common method of treating municipal solid waste.
Municipal solid waste incineration fly ash (MSWI FA) contains a high concentration of toxic …

As land application becomes one of the important waste utilization and disposal practices,
soil is increasingly being seen as a major source of metal (loid) s reaching food chain …

Rapid industrialization, improved standards of living, growing economies and ever-
increasing population has led to the unprecedented exploitation of the finite and non …

This article has reviewed the progress that has been made in bioleaching research of metals
using filamentous fungi. This review has focused on fungal bioleaching from various metal …

The production of organic acids by fungi has profound implications for metal speciation,
physiology and biogeochemical cycles. Biosynthesis of oxalic acid from glucose occurs by …

Bioleaching has been successfully used in commercial metal mining for decades. It uses
microbes to biosolubilize metal-containing inorganic compounds such as metal oxides and …