Chapter 5
Emerging and Ecofriendly Technologies
for the Removal of Organic and Inorganic
Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters
Gaurav Saxena, Surya Pratap Goutam, Akash Mishra, Sikandar I. Mulla,
and Ram Naresh Bharagava
Abstract Environmental pollution is one of the major problems of the current
world, and providing a sustainable solution to manage pollution is a key challenge.
Industries are mainly responsible for the environmental pollution as they discharge
highly toxic pollutants in the receiving environment and provide chance for
exposure to mankind and, thus, may create toxicity in humans and animals. The
physicochemical methods used for the removal of a variety of organic and inorganic
pollutants from industrial wastewater are costly and environmentally destructive and
may create secondary pollution and, thus, ultimately deter the environmental quality.
To overcome these problems, various emerging and ecofriendly technologies are
becoming popular for the removal of various pollutants from industrial wastewaters.
Therefore, this chapter provides an overview of the various emerging and
ecofriendly technologies for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from
industrial wastewaters with their merits and demerits.
G. Saxena · R. N. Bharagava (*)
Laboratory for Bioremediation and Metagenomics Research (LBMR), Department of
Microbiology (DM), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh, India
S. P. Goutam
Advanced Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics (DAP), School for
Physical Sciences (SPS), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University),
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
A. Mishra
Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER), Defence Research and Development
Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Government of India, Haldwani, Uttarakhand
(UK), India
S. I. Mulla
CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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Emerging and Ecofriendly Technologies
for the Removal of Organic and Inorganic
Pollutants from Industrial Wastewaters
Gaurav Saxena, Surya Pratap Goutam, Akash Mishra, Sikandar I. Mulla,
and Ram Naresh Bharagava
Abstract Environmental pollution is one of the major problems of the current
world, and providing a sustainable solution to manage pollution is a key challenge.
Industries are mainly responsible for the environmental pollution as they discharge
highly toxic pollutants in the receiving environment and provide chance for
exposure to mankind and, thus, may create toxicity in humans and animals. The
physicochemical methods used for the removal of a variety of organic and inorganic
pollutants from industrial wastewater are costly and environmentally destructive and
may create secondary pollution and, thus, ultimately deter the environmental quality.
To overcome these problems, various emerging and ecofriendly technologies are
becoming popular for the removal of various pollutants from industrial wastewaters.
Therefore, this chapter provides an overview of the various emerging and
ecofriendly technologies for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from
industrial wastewaters with their merits and demerits.
G. Saxena · R. N. Bharagava (*)
Laboratory for Bioremediation and Metagenomics Research (LBMR), Department of
Microbiology (DM), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh, India
S. P. Goutam
Advanced Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Applied Physics (DAP), School for
Physical Sciences (SPS), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University),
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
A. Mishra
Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research (DIBER), Defence Research and Development
Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Government of India, Haldwani, Uttarakhand
(UK), India
S. I. Mulla
CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
R. N. Bharagava, G. Saxena (eds.), Bioremediation of Industrial Waste for
Environmental Safety, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3426-9_5
113