Zero pollution

Pollution harms our health and our environment. In addition to affecting people’s health, pollution is one of the main reasons for the loss of biodiversity. It reduces the ability of ecosystems to provide services such as carbon sequestration and decontamination. Besides, pollution puts significant pressure on the water quality of surface and groundwater bodies. Environmental science and bio/technology play a key role in pollution abatement and are an enabler for achieving the zero pollution challenge.

This collection contains outstanding contributions about molecular and biochemical mechanisms involved in pollutant degradation, (microbial) ecological engineering for pollution control and process optimization of sustainable (bio)technologies that allow to move towards a pollution-free planet.

Some examples of topics of review papers relevant to this call include:

• Diffuse pollution by organic (e.g. pesticides and herbicides) and inorganic (e.g. heavy metals) pollutants.

• Cellular transport, biotransformation, detoxification and mineralization of chemicals and waste materials in microbial cells, microbial communities and plants.

• Fundamental studies and novel discoveries bringing forward novel (bio)degradation routes and (bio)treatment demonstrations.

• Combination of biological systems with physical and chemical methods that increase treatment performance.

Please see also this interesting read: Water Treatment in Urban Environments: A Guide for the Implementation and Scaling of Nature-based Solutions

HOW TO SUBMIT? Submit your article to one of the Topical Collection via Snapp – New Editorial Manager or by clicking on the Submit manuscript button on the home page of Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology During submission select the title of this Topical Collection.