Has the question of e-waste opened a Pandora's box? An overview of unpredictable issues and challenges

B Bakhiyi, S Gravel, D Ceballos, MA Flynn… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite regulatory efforts and position papers, electrical and electronic waste (e-waste)
remains ill-managed as evidenced by the extremely low rates of proper e-waste recycling (e …

Overview of in situ and ex situ remediation technologies for PCB-contaminated soils and sediments and obstacles for full-scale application

HI Gomes, C Dias-Ferreira, AB Ribeiro - Science of the Total Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) are persistent organic pollutants used worldwide between
the 1930s and 1980s. Although their use has been heavily restricted, PCB can be found in …

An overview of phytoremediation as a potentially promising technology for environmental pollution control

JH Lee - Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, 2013 - Springer
Phytoremediation is the use of plants for the removal of pollutants from contaminated soil or
water. Phytoremediation is an environmentally friendly and cost-effective alternative to …

A systematic review of the human body burden of e-waste exposure in China

Q Song, J Li - Environment international, 2014 - Elsevier
As China is one of the countries facing the most serious pollution and human exposure
effects of e-waste in the world, much of the population there is exposed to potentially …

A novel strategy for enhancing bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl-contaminated soil with resuscitation promoting factor and resuscitated strain

X Zhou, S Zhang, R Wang, Z An, F Sun, C Shen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
PCBs bioremediation is largely impeded by the reduced metabolic activity and degradation
ability of indigenous and exogenous microorganisms. Resuscitation promoting factor (Rpf) …

Enhancement of polychlorinated biphenyl biodegradation by resuscitation promoting factor (Rpf) and Rpf-responsive bacterial community

X Su, S Li, M **e, L Tao, Y Zhou, Y **ao, H Lin, J Chen… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The activities of indigenous bacterial communities in polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
contaminated environments is closely related to the efficiency of bioremediation processes …

Soil bioremediation by cyclodextrins. A review

E Morillo, F Madrid, A Lara-Moreno… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Remediation of soils contaminated by organic pollutants has become an urgent necessity
worldwide. A wide variety of techniques have been developed but many of them are …

Remediation of emerging contaminated sites due to uncontrolled e-waste recycling

S Lin, XW Chen, Z Cai, J Shi, J Fu, G Jiang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of primitive techniques in recycling electronic waste (e-waste) has led to severe soil
pollution in recent decades, posing great threats to environmental and human health. It is …

The positive role of root decomposition on the bioremediation of organic pollutants contaminated soil: A case study using PCB-9 as a model compound

L Jiang, D Zhang, M Song, G Guan, Y Sun, J Li… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Root decomposition keeps occurring widely in soils, particularly after plant harvest and
death, and drives critical microbial ecological functions. However, its role in the destiny of …

Supplementing resuscitation-promoting factor (Rpf) enhanced biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by Rhodococcus biphenylivorans strain TG9T

Z Ye, H Li, Y Jia, J Fan, J Wan, L Guo, X Su… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) occurs slowly when the degrading
bacteria enter a low activity state, such as a viable but nonculturable (VBNC) state, under …