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Recent Trends in Biomining Microorganisms for Solid Waste Management

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Microbial Technology for Sustainable E-waste Management

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Today, the world is severely afflicted by boundless waste generated by different categorical anthropogenic activities unlike mining, industrial waste, e-waste, etc. Its improper handling may cause deleterious effects on the environment. The constituents of the waste generated contain harmful toxic polycyclic aromatics which pose a direct threat to the environment as well as the human race. Heavy metal discharge from the solid waste accumulated in the dumping site gets cumulated in the soil and gets absorbed by the plants leading to biomagnifications in the food chain and substantially reaching the human body, leading to compromised health. An environmentally sound, economic and cost-effective approach ‘microbial biomining’ can be a powerful strategy for solid waste management. They transform toxic solid waste into nontoxic form and are sufficiently capable of catalyzing mineral dissolution. It can be an absolute solution for mineral beneficiation to overcome environmental problems.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, 263145, India

    Pragati Srivastava

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  1. Department of Botany, Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar College, Tripura University, Belonia, Tripura, India

    Prasenjit Debbarma

  2. ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar, India

    Saurabh Kumar

  3. Department of Microbiology, Akal College of Basic Sciences, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Deep Chandra Suyal

  4. Department of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

    Ravindra Soni

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Srivastava, P. (2023). Recent Trends in Biomining Microorganisms for Solid Waste Management. In: Debbarma, P., Kumar, S., Suyal, D.C., Soni, R. (eds) Microbial Technology for Sustainable E-waste Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25678-3_17

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