A review on occurrence and spread of antibiotic resistance in wastewaters and in wastewater treatment plants: mechanisms and perspectives

C Uluseker, KM Kaster, K Thorsen, D Basiry… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This paper reviews current knowledge on sources, spread and removal mechanisms of
antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in microbial communities of wastewaters, treatment …

Total value of phosphorus recovery

BK Mayer, LA Baker, TH Boyer… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Phosphorus (P) is a critical, geographically concentrated, nonrenewable resource
necessary to support global food production. In excess (eg, due to runoff or wastewater …

Biochar application as a soil potassium management strategy: A review

F Bilias, D Kalderis, C Richardson… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The established practices of intensive agriculture, combined with inadequate soil Κ
replenishment by conventional inorganic fertilization, results in a negative environmental …

Biorefineries: Achievements and challenges for a bio-based economy

FG Calvo-Flores, FJ Martin-Martinez - Frontiers in chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Climate change, socioeconomical pressures, and new policy and legislation are driving a
decarbonization process across industries, with a critical shift from a fossil-based economy …

Sustainable fertilizers: publication landscape on wastes as nutrient sources, wastewater treatment processes for nutrient recovery, biorefineries, and green ammonia …

L Babcock-Jackson, T Konovalova… - journal of agricultural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The ability of modern agriculture to meet future food demand imposed by accelerating
growth of the world's population is a major challenge, and fertilizers play a key role by …

Effectiveness of struvite precipitation and ammonia strip** for recovery of phosphorus and nitrogen from anaerobic digestate: a systematic review

D Lorick, B Macura, M Ahlström, A Grimvall… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Background A regular supply of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus to agriculture is
needed for global food security, and increased recycling of nutrients back to agriculture from …

Simple and low-cost electroactive membranes for ammonia recovery

X Wang, S Im, B Jung, J Wu, A Iddya… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ammonia is considered a contaminant to be removed from wastewater. However, ammonia
is a valuable commodity chemical used as the primary feedstock for fertilizer manufacturing …

Self-sustaining smouldering combustion of waste: A review on applications, key parameters and potential resource recovery

HK Wyn, M Konarova, J Beltramini, G Perkins… - Fuel processing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Smouldering combustion, a phenomenon typically researched from a fire-safety perspective
has recently garnered attention for its applications as a soil remediation method and more …

Meta-analysis of non-reactive phosphorus in water, wastewater, and sludge, and strategies to convert it for enhanced phosphorus removal and recovery

K Venkiteshwaran, PJ McNamara, BK Mayer - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Current and future trends indicate that mining of natural phosphorus (P) reserves is
occurring faster than natural geologic replenishment. This mobilization has not only led to P …

Gasification of biomass in supercritical water, challenges for the process design—lessons learned from the operation experience of the first dedicated pilot plant

N Boukis, IK Stoll - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gasification of organic matter under the conditions of supercritical water (T> 374° C, p> 221
bar) is an allothermal, continuous flow process suitable to convert materials with high …