Current research trends on emerging contaminants pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs): A comprehensive review

M Kumar, S Sridharan, AD Sawarkar, A Shakeel… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmaceutical and personnel care products (PPCPs) from wastewater are a potential
hazard to the human health and wildlife, and their occurrence in wastewater has caught the …

Biochar application for greenhouse gas mitigation, contaminants immobilization and soil fertility enhancement: A state-of-the-art review

K Abhishek, A Shrivastava, V Vimal, AK Gupta… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising global temperature, pollution load, and energy crises are serious problems, recently
facing the world. Scientists around the world are ambitious to find eco-friendly and cost …

Possibility of utilizing agriculture biomass as a renewable and sustainable future energy source

M Saleem - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Issues related to depletion of conventional fuel resources and environmental concerns have
become the driving force to explore an environment friendly, renewable, economical and …

A critical review on biochar for enhancing biogas production from anaerobic digestion of food waste and sludge

M Kumar, S Dutta, S You, G Luo, S Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The conversion of food waste and sludge into biogas via anaerobic digestion technology is
gaining attention in recent years, which plays a significant role in waste valorization into …

Role of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in boosting the phytoremediation of stressed soils: Opportunities, challenges, and prospects

P Bhanse, M Kumar, L Singh, MK Awasthi, A Qureshi - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil is considered as a vital natural resource equivalent to air and water which supports
growth of the plants and provides habitats to microorganisms. Changes in soil properties …

Remediation of soils and sediments polluted with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: to immobilize, mobilize, or degrade?

M Kumar, NS Bolan, SA Hoang, AD Sawarkar… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are generated due to incomplete burning of
organic substances. Use of fossil fuels is the primary anthropogenic cause of PAHs emission …

Challenges and opportunities in bioremediation of micro-nano plastics: A review

Y Zhou, M Kumar, S Sarsaiya, R Sirohi… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising level of micro-nano plastics (MNPs) in the natural ecosystem adversely impact the
health of the environment and living organisms globally. MNPs enter in to the agro …

Plant microbial fuel cell: opportunities, challenges, and prospects

S Maddalwar, KK Nayak, M Kumar, L Singh - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are considered as greener technologies for generation of
bioenergy and simultaneously treatment of wastewater. However, the major drawback of …

A comprehensive review on recent advancements in biodegradation and sustainable management of biopolymers

SK Awasthi, M Kumar, V Kumar, S Sarsaiya… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen upsurge in plastic manufacturing and its utilization in various fields,
such as, packaging, household goods, medical applications, and beauty products. Due to …

[HTML][HTML] Retrieving back plastic wastes for conversion to value added petrochemicals: opportunities, challenges and outlooks

M Kumar, S Bolan, LP Padhye, M Konarova, SY Foong… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic production and its unplanned management and disposal, has been shown to pollute
terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric environments. Petroleum-derived plastics do not …