Bioremediation: Answer to India’s Solid Waste Challenge
A new WHO report, Throwing Away Our Health: The Impacts of Solid Waste on Human Health warns that a significant portion of the world’s municipal solid waste goes uncollected or is openly dumped and burned, exposing millions of people to toxic air, water, and soil.
- Addressing this crisis requires a two-pronged approach: reducing waste generation and cleaning up the waste already produced. One promising solution gaining global attention is bioremediation.
What is Bioremediation?
Bioremediation refers to the use of living organisms - microbes and plants - to clean polluted environments. These organisms metabolise toxic substances such as oil, pesticides, plastics, and ....
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