Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) are a family of unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that have received considerable public and scientific attention due to the toxicity of some of their congeners, more specifically those with chlorine substitution in the 2,3,7,8 positions. The environmental management and control of PCDD/Fs is addressed at ...

A major and growing concern within society is the lack of innovative effective solutions to mitigate challenge environmental pollution. Uncontrolled release pollutants into environment as a result urbanisation industrialisation staggering problem global concern. Although, eco-toxicity nanotechnology still an issue debate, however, nanoremediation promising emerging technology tackle contaminati...

Although landfills represent repositories for cumulative loading of plastic waste derived from households and industrial sectors, often seen as sinks, the contribution these structures their leachates potential sources microplastics to natural environments remains poorly covered. Microplastics discharged sites may pose greater risks human environmental health by adsorbed toxic persistent hazard...

Reactions involving iron play a major role in the environmental cycling of a wide range of important organic, inorganic and radioactive contaminants. Consequently, a range of environmental clean-up technologies have been proposed or developed which utilise iron chemistry to remediate contaminated land and surface and subsurface waters, e.g. the use of injected zero zero-valent iron nanoparticle...

Since the first scientific observations on mining environments over 400 years ago, we have gained some phenomenal knowledge on mine, land and waterways degradation and related environmental protection issues. Yet today, we continue to be faced with numerous challenges, including the recurring failure of mine waste repositories, the unconstrained production of acid rock drainage and the widespre...