Improving the ecological status of water sources is a growing focus for many developed and
developing nations, in particular with reducing nitrogen and phosphorus in wastewater …

Phosphate rocks are an irreplaceable resource to produce fertilizers, but their availability will
not be enough to meet the increasing demands of agriculture for food production. At the …

The bioeconomy is a new and essential paradigm for reducing our dependence on natural
resources and responding to the environmental threats that the Earth is currently facing. In …

The basic concepts of circular bioeconomy are reduce, reuse and recycle. Recovery of
recyclable nutrients from secondary sources could play a key role in meeting the increased …

Microalgae have been promoted as important feedstocks for producing biofuels and
bioproducts. However, their production on a large scale would require a large amount of …

The scarcity of water resources and environmental pollution have highlighted the need for
sustainable wastewater treatment. Existing conventional treatment systems are energy …

The effect of hydraulic retention time (HRT) and seasonality on the removal efficiency of 26
organic microcontaminants from urban wastewater was studied in two pilot high-rate algal …

The increase in nutrients in aquaculture waste and their adverse environmental impacts has
led to interest in adopting more efficient, cost-effective wastewater treatment methods as …

Following the escalating human population growth and rapid urbanization, the tremendous
amount of urban and industrial waste released leads to a series of critical issues such as …

The increase in atmospheric CO 2 concentration and the release of nutrients from
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are environmental issues linked to several impacts on …