Composting and green technologies for remediation of phthalate (PAE)-contaminated soil: Current status and future perspectives.

ABSTRACT: Phthalate esters (PAEs) are hazardous organic compounds that are widely added to plastics to enhance their flexibility, temperature, and acidic tolerance. The increase in global consumption and the corresponding environmental pollution of PAEs has caused broad public concerns. As most PAEs accumulate in soil due to their high hydrophobicity, composting is a robust remediation technology for PAE-contaminated soil (efficiency 25%-100%), where microbial activity plays an important role. This review summarized the roles of the microbial community, biodegradation pathways, and specific enzymes involved in the PAE degradation. Also, other green technologies, including biochar adsorption, bioaugmentation, and phytoremediation, for PAE degradation were also presented, compared, and discussed. Comp

SUBMITTER: Tran HT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10052775 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature