Wastes produced in agricultural and zootechnical activities, often called agricultural wastes, largely contribute to the total worldwide production of organic wastes. They include food-based portions of crops (fruits, corn, sugarcane, beets, etc.) and non-food parts (stalks, leaves, corn cobs, orchard trimmings, rice straw and husks, etc.), perennial grasses, and livestock wastes and wastewaters. Their treatment, based on physical, chemical, and biological processes, is a hot topic in fundamental and application research fields: new solutions and alternative treatments are expected to meet stricter environmental conservation requirements and sustainable development requirements. Many efforts are being made in the development of technologies able to remove specific classes of contaminants of emerging concern, mainly hormones, antibiotics, and pathogens.This special issue collects mini-reviews on the recent findings in agricultural waste treatment processes, by conventional (e.g. composting and anaerobic digestion) and novel technologies (e.g. enzyme-based processes, production of adsorbents, and biofuels), focusing on potential removal mechanisms and efficiencies for specific contaminants as well as the environmental impacts of the treatments.
Editorial Overview:Agricultural wastes or resources?
Verlicchi, Paola
2022
Abstract
Wastes produced in agricultural and zootechnical activities, often called agricultural wastes, largely contribute to the total worldwide production of organic wastes. They include food-based portions of crops (fruits, corn, sugarcane, beets, etc.) and non-food parts (stalks, leaves, corn cobs, orchard trimmings, rice straw and husks, etc.), perennial grasses, and livestock wastes and wastewaters. Their treatment, based on physical, chemical, and biological processes, is a hot topic in fundamental and application research fields: new solutions and alternative treatments are expected to meet stricter environmental conservation requirements and sustainable development requirements. Many efforts are being made in the development of technologies able to remove specific classes of contaminants of emerging concern, mainly hormones, antibiotics, and pathogens.This special issue collects mini-reviews on the recent findings in agricultural waste treatment processes, by conventional (e.g. composting and anaerobic digestion) and novel technologies (e.g. enzyme-based processes, production of adsorbents, and biofuels), focusing on potential removal mechanisms and efficiencies for specific contaminants as well as the environmental impacts of the treatments.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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