Role of microalgae in achieving sustainable development goals and circular economy

AG Olabi, N Shehata, ET Sayed, C Rodriguez… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) set out 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030. These goals highlight key objectives …

Wastewater based microalgal biorefinery for bioenergy production: Progress and challenges

SK Bhatia, S Mehariya, RK Bhatia, M Kumar… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of industrial and domestic wastewater is very important to protect
downstream users from health risks and meet the freshwater demand of the ever-increasing …

Microalgae-based biorefineries for sustainable resource recovery from wastewater

RK Goswami, S Mehariya, P Verma… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Extensive and improper utilization of water from industrial, municipal, and agricultural
activities generate 380 trillion L/y of wastewater worldwide. Wastewaters from different …

Phycoremediation of wastewater for pollutant removal: a green approach to environmental protection and long-term remediation

SD Priyadharshini, PS Babu, S Manikandan… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surface and water bodies in many parts of the world are affected due to eutrophication,
contamination and depletion. The approach of wastewater treatment using algae for …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgae-based livestock wastewater treatment (MbWT) as a circular bioeconomy approach: Enhancement of biomass productivity, pollutant removal and …

A López-Sánchez, AL Silva-Gálvez… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The intensive livestock activities that are carried out worldwide to feed the growing human
population have led to significant environmental problems, such as soil degradation, surface …

Resource recovery from wastewaters using microalgae-based approaches: A circular bioeconomy perspective

D Nagarajan, DJ Lee, CY Chen, JS Chang - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The basic concepts of circular bioeconomy are reduce, reuse and recycle. Recovery of
recyclable nutrients from secondary sources could play a key role in meeting the increased …

Heavy metal remediation from wastewater using microalgae: Recent advances and future trends

AK Priya, AA Jalil, S Vadivel, K Dutta, S Rajendran… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microalgae-based wastewater treatment has previously been carried out in huge waste
stabilization ponds. Microalgae, which can absorb carbon dioxide while reusing nutrients …

Current technologies and future perspectives for the treatment of complex petroleum refinery wastewater: A review

BN Thorat, RK Sonwani - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Petroleum refinery wastewater (PRW) is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons, sulphides,
ammonia, oils, suspended and dissolved solids, and heavy metals. As these pollutants are …

Sustainable livestock wastewater treatment via phytoremediation: Current status and future perspectives

H Hu, X Li, S Wu, C Yang - Bioresource Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation, the application of vegetation and microorganisms for recovery of nutrients
and decontamination of the environment, has emerged as a low-cost, eco-friendly, and …

Valorization of wastewater: A paradigm shift towards circular bioeconomy and sustainability

D Kundu, D Dutta, P Samanta, S Dey… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Limitation in the availability of natural resources like water is the main drive for focussing on
resource recovery from wastewater. Rapid urbanization with increased consumption of …