TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends in mitigation of industrial waste
T2 - Global health hazards, environmental implications and waste derived economy for environmental sustainability
AU - Sharma, Poonam
AU - Gaur, Vivek Kumar
AU - Gupta, Shivangi
AU - Varjani, Sunita
AU - Pandey, Ashok
AU - Gnansounou, Edgard
AU - You, Siming
AU - Ngo, Huu Hao
AU - Wong, Jonathan W. C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Gujarat Pollution Control Board for encouragement and support for the manuscript preparation. This manuscript bears Integral University communication number IU/R&D/2021-MCN000. The authors received no financial support for the publication of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2022/3/10
Y1 - 2022/3/10
N2 - Majority of industries, in order to meet the technological development and consumer demands generate waste. The untreated waste spreads out toxic and harmful substances in the environment which serves as a breeding ground for pathogenic microorganisms thus causing severe health hazards. The three industrial sectors namely food, agriculture, and oil industry are among the primary organic waste producers that affect urban health and economic growth. Conventional treatment generates a significant amount of greenhouse gases which further contributes to global warming. Thus, the use of microbes for utilization of this waste, liberating CO2 offers an indispensable tool. The simultaneous production of value-added products such as bioplastics, biofuels, and biosurfactants increases the economics of the process and contributes to environmental sustainability. This review comprehensively summarized the composition of organic waste generated from the food, agriculture, and oil industry. The linkages between global health hazards of industrial waste and environmental implications have been uncovered. Stare-of-the-art information on their subsequent utilization as a substrate to produce value-added products through bio-routes has been elaborated. The research gaps, economical perspective(s), and future research directions have been identified and discussed to strengthen environmental sustainability.
AB - Majority of industries, in order to meet the technological development and consumer demands generate waste. The untreated waste spreads out toxic and harmful substances in the environment which serves as a breeding ground for pathogenic microorganisms thus causing severe health hazards. The three industrial sectors namely food, agriculture, and oil industry are among the primary organic waste producers that affect urban health and economic growth. Conventional treatment generates a significant amount of greenhouse gases which further contributes to global warming. Thus, the use of microbes for utilization of this waste, liberating CO2 offers an indispensable tool. The simultaneous production of value-added products such as bioplastics, biofuels, and biosurfactants increases the economics of the process and contributes to environmental sustainability. This review comprehensively summarized the composition of organic waste generated from the food, agriculture, and oil industry. The linkages between global health hazards of industrial waste and environmental implications have been uncovered. Stare-of-the-art information on their subsequent utilization as a substrate to produce value-added products through bio-routes has been elaborated. The research gaps, economical perspective(s), and future research directions have been identified and discussed to strengthen environmental sustainability.
KW - Bioplastic
KW - Biosurfactants
KW - Environmental sustainability
KW - Organic waste
KW - Waste derived economy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121379062&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152357
DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152357
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34921885
AN - SCOPUS:85121379062
SN - 0048-9697
VL - 811
JO - Science of the Total Environment
JF - Science of the Total Environment
M1 - 152357
ER -
