Sewage sludge is an important reservoir of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs),
and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and the …

Anaerobic digestion is a worldwide technology for the treatment of organic waste streams
with clear environmental benefits including generation of methane as renewable energy …

Anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste activated sludge (WAS) is an important bio-energy
strategy that has been hindered by low conversion efficiency. This paper presents a …

Biofuels are fast advancing as alternative sources of renewable energy due to their non-
polluting features and cost-competitiveness in comparison to fossil fuels. However, in order …

Conductive materials presented promising advantages for enhancing anaerobic digestion
(AD) performance. This study evaluated the effects of activated carbon (AC) and nano-zero …

Due to the shortage of phosphorus resources and the limitations of existing phosphorus
recovery methods, phosphorus recovery in the form of vivianite has attracted considerable …

Anaerobic digestion is one of the most promising technologies to stabilize waste-activated
sludge (WAS) and recover energy. However, the low efficiency of anaerobic digestion of …

Abstract The Paris Climate Treaty implies the coming of a new era towards carbon-neutral
operation in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and thus energy self-sufficiency from …

Purpose Contamination of sediments with heavy metals (HMs) is a worldwide environmental
issue, due to the negative ecological effects of HMs. Sediments are an important component …

Over the last decades, global warming has been one of humankind's most critical
environmental problems. Burning fossil fuels has been counted as a primary source of CO 2 …