Chapter 5
Potential Use of Waste-to-Bioenergy
By-Products in Bioremediation of Total
Petroleum Hydrocarbons
(TPH)-Contaminated Soils
Anna Gielnik, Yoan Pechaud, David Huguenot, Giovanni Esposito,
Gilles Guibaud, and Eric D. van Hullebusch
Abstract Detoxification of soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons constitutes a worldwide challenge. Bioremediation is an efficient strategy for soil
cleanup, but low nutrients level and microbial density in contaminated soils are
limiting the process. Reasonable practice of waste management encourages soil
application of organic wastes, and thus, reduction of the amount of wastes deposited
on landfills. Land application of organic matter is likewise a resource-saving alternative to chemical fertilizers and moreover supports carbon sequestration in soil
organic matter (SOM) reducing the emission of greenhouse gasses such as CO 2 .
Addition of mature organic matter to soil represents a sustainable and cost-effective
A. Gielnik (*)
Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement, Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne,
France
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio,
Cassino, FR, Italy
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Groupement de Recherche Eau Sol Environnement
(EA 4330), Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
e-mail: anna.gielnik@u-pem.fr
Y. Pechaud · D. Huguenot
Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement, Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne,
France
G. Esposito
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Napoli
“Federico II”, Napoli, Italy
G. Guibaud
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Groupement de Recherche Eau Sol Environnement
(EA 4330), Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
E. D. van Hullebusch (*)
Institut de physique du globe de Paris, Université de Paris, Paris, France
e-mail: vanhullebusch@ipgp.fr
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
E. D. van Hullebusch et al. (eds.), Environmental Soil Remediation
and Rehabilitation, Applied Environmental Science and Engineering for a
Sustainable Future, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40348-5_5
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Potential Use of Waste-to-Bioenergy
By-Products in Bioremediation of Total
Petroleum Hydrocarbons
(TPH)-Contaminated Soils
Anna Gielnik, Yoan Pechaud, David Huguenot, Giovanni Esposito,
Gilles Guibaud, and Eric D. van Hullebusch
Abstract Detoxification of soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons constitutes a worldwide challenge. Bioremediation is an efficient strategy for soil
cleanup, but low nutrients level and microbial density in contaminated soils are
limiting the process. Reasonable practice of waste management encourages soil
application of organic wastes, and thus, reduction of the amount of wastes deposited
on landfills. Land application of organic matter is likewise a resource-saving alternative to chemical fertilizers and moreover supports carbon sequestration in soil
organic matter (SOM) reducing the emission of greenhouse gasses such as CO 2 .
Addition of mature organic matter to soil represents a sustainable and cost-effective
A. Gielnik (*)
Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement, Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne,
France
Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio,
Cassino, FR, Italy
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Groupement de Recherche Eau Sol Environnement
(EA 4330), Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
e-mail: anna.gielnik@u-pem.fr
Y. Pechaud · D. Huguenot
Laboratoire Géomatériaux et Environnement, Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne,
France
G. Esposito
Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Napoli
“Federico II”, Napoli, Italy
G. Guibaud
Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Groupement de Recherche Eau Sol Environnement
(EA 4330), Université de Limoges, Limoges, France
E. D. van Hullebusch (*)
Institut de physique du globe de Paris, Université de Paris, Paris, France
e-mail: vanhullebusch@ipgp.fr
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
E. D. van Hullebusch et al. (eds.), Environmental Soil Remediation
and Rehabilitation, Applied Environmental Science and Engineering for a
Sustainable Future, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40348-5_5
239