Diagnosis of soil contamination using microbiological indices: A review on heavy metal pollution

J Tang, J Zhang, L Ren, Y Zhou, J Gao, L Luo… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heavy metal contamination of soil has become a serious global issue because of their
persistence in the environment and the non-biodegradable nature leading to their …

Life cycle assessment of wastewater treatment in develo** countries: a review

A Gallego-Schmid, RRZ Tarpani - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Within develo** countries, wastewater treatment (WWT) has improved in recent years but
remains a high priority sustainability challenge. Accordingly, life cycle assessment (LCA) …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle sustainability assessment of advanced treatment techniques for urban wastewater reuse and sewage sludge resource recovery

RRZ Tarpani, A Azapagic - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants can become a source of valuable resources, such as clean
water, energy, fuels and nutrients and thus contribute to the sustainable development goals …

Assessing metal contamination and speciation in sewage sludge: Implications for soil application and environmental risk

J Feng, IT Burke, X Chen, DI Stewart - Reviews in Environmental Science …, 2023 - Springer
Based on the most recently published data, we definitively estimated that the annual global
production of sewage sludge may rise from~ 53 million tons dry solids currently to~ 160 …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle environmental impacts of sewage sludge treatment methods for resource recovery considering ecotoxicity of heavy metals and pharmaceutical and …

RRZ Tarpani, C Alfonsín, A Hospido… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge handling is becoming a concern in Europe due to its increasing amount and
the presence of contaminants, such as heavy metals and pharmaceutical and personal care …

Influence of urban sewage sludge amendment on agricultural soil parameters

R Dhanker, S Chaudhary, S Goyal, VK Garg - Environmental Technology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Using sewage sludge for agricultural soil conditioning may be a potential alternative for its
proper disposal and enhancing soil fertility by virtue of its high content of organic matter and …

Agronomic efficiency of selected phosphorus fertilisers derived from secondary raw materials for European agriculture. A meta-analysis

D Huygens, HGM Saveyn - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2018 - Springer
Phosphorus (P) is a macronutrient essential for all living organisms. Food production has
become highly dependent on mineral P-fertilisers derived from phosphate rock, a non …

Chemical attributes of sewage sludges: Relationships to sources and treatments, and implications for sludge usage in agriculture

AL Nascimento, AJ de Souza, FC Oliveira… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
São Paulo is the most populous and industrialized state of Brazil, which strongly affect
amounts and composition of the generated sewage sludges. Their use on agriculture …

An integrated assessment of the long-term impact of municipal sewage sludge on the chemical and biological properties of soil

M Skowrońska, EJ Bielińska, K Szymański, B Futa… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of the study was to assess the long-term changes of chemical and biological
properties of soil treated with various application rates of municipal sewage sludge (SS) …

Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) as a high-potential agent for bioconversion of municipal primary sewage sludge

S Arnone, M De Mei, F Petrazzuolo, S Musmeci… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The treatment of municipal wastewater produces clean water and sewage sludge (MSS), the
management of which has become a serious problem in Europe. The typical destination of …