Environmental Remediation: Research Advances Towards a Comprehensive Sustainability Approach

Dear Colleagues,

Contaminated sites can release toxic and carcinogenic compounds into soil, sediment, air and water, posing a threat to human health and the environment. Furthermore, they can hinder economic development. Therefore, remediation techniques are pivotal to reducing such risks by removing environmental contaminants.

Environmental remediation encompasses the process of cleaning up and restoring contaminated environments. It employs a variety of techniques and technologies, both in-situ and ex-situ, to eliminate or reduce pollutants, thereby mitigating their effects on human health, ecosystems, and the broader environment. In some cases, the sites can be isolated (e.g., by capping) to eliminate the migration pathways, thus protecting public health.

Environmental remediation often requires an interdisciplinary approach involving, for instance, ecology, physics, chemistry, botany, microbiology, molecular biology, and environmental engineering at the same time.

In this Topic, we will focus on introducing the latest research progress in environmental remediation, including, but not limited to, bioremediation techniques (e.g., phytoremediation, bioslurry reactors), soil or sediment washing, permeable reactive barriers, in situ chemical oxidation, soil vapour extraction, bioventing, and capping.

The Topic “Environmental Remediation: Research Advances Towards a Comprehensive Sustainability Approach” provides a platform to publish both reviews and original research papers. Please join us in creating a diverse collection of articles for a variety of Topics. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Rongkui Su
Dr. Giovanni Vinti
Prof. Dr. Franco Hernan Gomez
Prof. Dr. Lei Huang
Topic Editors