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ClearProgress on microalgae cultivation in wastewater for bioremediation and circular bioeconomy
This review explores the potential of microalgae cultivation in wastewater for bioremediation and circular bioeconomy, highlighting how microalgae can simultaneously treat wastewater while producing valuable biomass for various applications.
Recycling Ophthalmic Lens Wastewater in a Circular Economy Context: A Case Study with Microalgae Integration
Researchers explored a circular economy approach to treating wastewater from ophthalmic lens production by integrating microalgae cultivation and waste material recycling. The approach uses microalgae to generate biomass from polluted water while incorporating solid waste into polymer and cement products. The study demonstrates how wastewater pollutants can potentially be transformed into valuable biobased products, including biopolymers for new lens manufacturing.
Harnessing microalgae for sustainable aquaculture and mariculture: Marine pollution mitigation and circular economy strategies
Researchers reviewed how microalgae can serve as a multipurpose bioremediation tool in aquaculture and mariculture, removing excess nutrients, capturing carbon, and reducing microplastic pollution, while also providing biomass for feed and supporting circular economy approaches that align with UN sustainability goals.
Microalgae-based Wastewater Treatment and Production of Value Added Products
This review examines how microalgae can be used in wastewater treatment as an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional energy-intensive methods, while also producing valuable biomass. The authors discuss how microalgae remove nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, fix carbon dioxide, and can help address emerging contaminants including microplastics in wastewater streams. The study highlights the dual benefit of algae-based systems for both pollution cleanup and resource recovery in a circular economy.
Potential of Microalgae in Bioremediation of Wastewater
This review evaluates the potential of microalgae for wastewater bioremediation, covering their capacity to remove nutrients, heavy metals, and emerging contaminants including microplastics from a range of wastewater types.
Remediation and upcycling of microplastics by algae with wastewater nutrient removal and bioproduction potential
Researchers demonstrated that algae can simultaneously remediate microplastics from water and remove nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater, while also producing valuable biomass, presenting an integrated and sustainable platform that converts plastic waste into a resource.
Algae Based Solutions for Polluted Environments to Restore Ecosphere Equilibrium
This review examined algae-based bioremediation solutions for polluted environments, finding that algae's diverse metabolic capabilities make them effective at removing pollutants including heavy metals, organic compounds, and microplastics from contaminated water and soil.
Microalgae in Mitigating Industrial Pollution: Bioremediation Strategies and Biomagnification Potential
This review evaluates how microalgae can be used to clean up environmental pollution including microplastics, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, and persistent organic pollutants through natural processes like biosorption and biodegradation. Researchers found that different microalgae species can effectively break down or accumulate a wide range of contaminants, though biomagnification through the food chain remains a concern. The study highlights microalgae as a promising sustainable tool for environmental remediation with dual benefits of pollution removal and production of valuable biomolecules.
Progress in microalgal mediated bioremediation systems for the removal of antibiotics and pharmaceuticals from wastewater
Researchers reviewed microalgae-based systems for removing antibiotics and pharmaceuticals from wastewater, summarizing bioadsorption, photodegradation, and bioaccumulation mechanisms, and highlighting how integrating microalgal treatment with biofuel or biochemical co-production can improve the economic viability of this approach.
Phyco-remediation of swine wastewater as a sustainable model based on circular economy
Researchers reviewed the use of microalgae to treat nitrogen- and phosphorus-rich swine wastewater, finding that phyco-remediation not only cleans effluent but generates commercially valuable biomass products like lipids, pigments, and biogas, making it a circular economy alternative to conventional waste stabilization ponds.
Microalgae-based bioremediation of refractory pollutants: an approach towards environmental sustainability
This review examines how microalgae can be used to clean up hard-to-remove pollutants, including microplastics, from contaminated environments. The authors highlight that microalgae-based bioremediation is a sustainable, eco-friendly approach that could help address the growing problem of microplastic pollution in waterways.
Application of microalgae in wastewater treatment with special reference to emerging contaminants: a step towards sustainability
This review highlights how various microalgae species can help remove emerging contaminants from wastewater, including microplastics, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, and harmful chemicals. The organisms use mechanisms like biosorption, bioaccumulation, and biodegradation to break down or capture these pollutants. The authors connect these microalgae-based treatment technologies to broader sustainability goals, while noting that scaling from lab to industrial applications remains a challenge.
Utilization of Microalgae for Urban Wastewater Treatment and Valorization of Treated Wastewater and Biomass for Biofertilizer Applications
Researchers explored using microalgae to treat urban wastewater by recovering phosphorus and nitrogen, then repurposing the resulting biomass as a biofertilizer. The study suggests that this approach offers dual benefits of wastewater remediation and sustainable agriculture, as the nutrient-rich algal biomass promoted plant growth when applied to soil.
Evaluating the impact of innovative algae- based membrane bioreactors against the emerging microplastic crisisin combating water pollution
This study evaluated algae-based membrane bioreactors for removing microplastics and other emerging contaminants from wastewater, finding that combining algal biomass with membrane filtration improved MP removal efficiency compared to conventional biological treatment alone.
Microalgae wastewater treatment: Biological and technological approaches
This review examines how microalgae-based systems can be used to treat industrial wastewater, including water contaminated with microplastics and heavy metals. Researchers highlight the potential of both conventional and extremophilic microalgae species that thrive in harsh conditions like high temperatures or acidic environments. The study discusses practical applications where algae-based treatment has already been implemented, offering a biological approach to addressing water pollution challenges.
Microalgae–microplastics interactions at environmentally relevant concentrations: Implications toward ecology, bioeconomy, and UN SDGs
This study investigated how microalgae interact with microplastics at environmentally relevant concentrations, examining growth inhibition, aggregation, and photosynthetic effects, with implications for aquatic ecosystem function and the feasibility of microalgae-based bioremediation.
Advancing Biotechnology Toward Pollutant Recirculation and Recovery in a Changing World
This review examines how biotechnology can be applied to pollutant recirculation and recovery in a circular economy framework, discussing microbial, enzymatic, and biosensor-based technologies for detecting and transforming environmental contaminants including microplastics.
Coupling wastewater treatment, biomass, lipids, and biodiesel production of some green microalgae
Researchers demonstrated that green microalgae species can simultaneously treat wastewater by removing nutrients and heavy metals while producing lipid-rich biomass suitable for biodiesel production, offering a dual-purpose environmental solution.
Harnessing microalgae for microplastic removal and biofuel production
This book chapter reviews how microalgae can simultaneously address microplastic removal from aquatic environments and serve as feedstock for biofuel production, presenting the dual-benefit approach as a promising strategy for sustainable environmental remediation.
Wastewater and sludge valorisation: a novel approach for treatment and resource recovery to achieve circular economy concept
This review highlights novel approaches for wastewater and sludge valorisation within a circular economy framework, focusing on recovering value-added products including biopolymers, nutrients, and energy to achieve sustainable development goals and combat water scarcity.