Present and Future Prospect of Algae: A Potential Candidate for Sustainable Pollution Mitigation

Pollution control and mitigation are critical to protect the ecosystem make everyone's life safer healthier. Different pollution strategies measures implemented remove pollutants, which broadly involve physical, chemical, biological methods. Biological methods found be more sustainable, effective, eco-friendlier than other two These mainly use microbes like bacteria, fungi, algae, plants, their products enzymes metabolic pollutants. Due unique photosynthetic ability simple growth requirements, Algae can grown using simpler components CO 2 , sunlight, media, making them a potential candidate used as mitigator. indicate pollutants SO NO particulate matter from air; these either for or accumulated inside them.. Algal species have shown efficient removal of heavy metals, organic explosives, petroleum contaminants, pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), plastics different water sources. There is lot scope in algae inorganic wastewater treatment plants. hold great radioactive natural resources mechanisms biosorption bioaccumulation. with adsorbent materials develop adsorption systems radionuclides metals. This review elucidates algal species, cultural conditions, efficiency types air, water, soil, role genetic engineering algae's waste mitigation.