Strategies and Tools for Pollutant Mitigation: Avenues to a Cleaner Environment

This volume explores recent research trends and achievements in environmental pollution remediation (e.g. water, air, soil), and compiles critical and constructive papers and reviews with a focus on advances in bioremediation and green technology solutions for waste minimization, waste management and pollution control. The book is timely, as the need for researchers and engineers to develop sustainable and green eco-friendly remediation technologies is increasing with a growing global population, stressed agricultural systems, and an environment impacted by climate change. A key focus of the book is on the efficient use of agricultural waste residues as viable substrates for creating materials for environmental clean-up, and the possible conversion of these pollutants to sustainable bioresources. The volume will be of interest to sustainability researchers, environmental engineers, industry managers and agricultural scientists. 

Dr. J. Aravind is a Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at Dhirajlal Gandhi College of Technology, India. He is an Associate Editor in International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (Springer Nature), has published 50 plus articles with a cumulative impact factor of 62.96, google h-index 15 (Scopus h-index 10) with total citations of 690  (Scopus citation of 395), also co-editor of Bio-remediation and Sustainable Technologies for Cleaner Environment- Springer Nature, one among top 25% downloads for three consecutive years 2017-19.

Dr. M. Kamaraj is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia.  He has seven years of research and teaching experience (India and Ethiopia). He has published 36 research articles (with a cumulative impact factor of 38.25) and 2 book chapters and have a Google h index -11 with total citations of 565.

Dr. M. Prashanthi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Management at Bharathidasan University, India, with an experience of fifteen years of research in Environmental Health and Waste Management. Her research work concentrates on mapping of environmental exposures to health issues using RS and GIS techniques. She has published 44 research papers and authored two books. She has edited two books with Springer on Integrated Waste Management in India and Bioremediation and sustainable technologies for cleaner environment.

Dr. S. Rajakumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marine Biotechnology at Bharathidasan University, India. He has a research experience of fourteen years specialising in Environmental Microbiology and Bioremediation, his important research works include Biomethanation and bioconversion of marine weeds, Detoxification of Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl benzene and Xylene (BTEX) and its derivatives and Biodegradation of Arsenic and Lead from Groundwaterand soil. Having published 50 research papers, he has edited two books with Springer publications.