Remediation for Sustainable Management
A Special Issue of Environments (ISSN 2076-3298) belonging to the section "Environmental Pollution, Toxicology and Restoration".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 355
Editors
Interests: comparative analysis; immunohistochemistry; reproductive biology; cell signaling; ovary; biotechnology; protein extraction; biodiversity; heavy metals; DNA
Interests: emerging contaminants surveillance in soil and water; antibiotic resistance genes; biodegradation and bioremediation; biochar; microbial surfactants; nanobiotechnology; plant-microbe technology; waste and biomass
Interests: heterogenous catalysis; agrochemicals chemistry; remediation processes; biocatalyst; reuse of agricultural waste
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Dear Colleagues,
Soil and water contamination caused by heavy metals and emerging organic pollutants is a major environmental challenge affecting ecosystem health, agricultural productivity, and water quality. Conventional remediation technologies are often expensive, invasive, and difficult to apply at large scale, creating the need for sustainable alternatives.
Phytoremediation has emerged as an eco-friendly strategy that uses plants and associated microorganisms to extract, stabilize, or degrade contaminants. However, its effectiveness may be limited by low contaminant bioavailability, phytotoxicity, and slow plant growth. In this context, biochar, a carbon-rich material produced through biomass pyrolysis, has attracted growing attention as a multifunctional amendment. Biochar can immobilize heavy metals through sorption and complexation processes while adsorbing organic contaminants, reducing their mobility and toxicity. In addition, it improves physicochemical properties and stimulates beneficial microbial communities, enhancing phytoremediation efficiency and pollutant degradation.
This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in the integrated use of biochar and phytoremediation for sustainable soil and water remediation, including biochar-assisted remediation, plant–microbe interactions, engineered biochars, rhizosphere processes, wastewater treatment, circular economy approaches, biodiversity effects, and field-scale applications.
Prof. Dr. Giulia Guerriero
Prof. Dr. Hemen Sarma
Prof. Dr. Filomena Sannino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- phytoremediation
- biochar
- heavy metals
- organic contaminants
- soil and/or water remediation
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