Sludge or waste activated sludge (WAS) generated from wastewater treatment plants may
be considered a nuisance. It is a key source for secondary environmental contamination on …

Anthropologic activities have transformed global biogeochemical cycling of heavy metals by
emitting considerable quantities of these metals into the atmosphere from diverse sources …

One of the main drawbacks of using biomass as pyrolysis feedstock consists of the huge
variability of the different biomass resources which undermines the viability of downstream …

Biochar is considered as a potential substitute for soil organic matter (SOM). Considering the
importance of biochar, the present review is based on the different benefits and potential …

Abstract The European Commission has recently revised the EU legislation on fertilisers,
expanding its scope to secondary-raw-material-based fertilising products, and resulting in …

To obtain information on the potential of thermal conversion (pyrolysis) of municipal solid
waste (MSW), a thermogravimetric study (TGA) is performed in a stream of nitrogen. Based …

Biochar incorporation into soil has been advocated as a potential large scale solution to
offset global greenhouse gas emissions. However, the application of biochar to agricultural …

With the rapid depletion of fossil energy and increasingly severe environmental pollution,
the development of biomass resources for biorefineries has become a new research focus …

Biochar refers to a processed, carbon-rich material made from biomass. This article provides
a brief summary on the effects of biochar on container substrate properties and plant growth …

Over the past few decades, bioenergy production from heavy metal-contaminated
biomasses (HMCBs) has been drawing increasing attention from scientists in diverse …