Industries
Remediation
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Overview of the industry
Contaminated land and polluted air treated by removal, burning or chemistry — oily soil trucked to landfill or thermally treated, metal-polluted farmland and bare tailings left in place or chemically washed, odours and VOCs scrubbed with caustic and hypochlorite or burned in thermal oxidizers — and the microbial and plant-based technologies that destroy or immobilize the pollutants in place. Marine oil spills stay in ecology (E03), mine water in mining (M03).
Remediation end-points and air-emission limits are set by national law and permits (EU Industrial Emissions Directive, national soil-quality standards; in Russia: Federal Law 7-FZ on environmental protection, sanitary rules for soils SanPiN 1.2.3685-21). The articles are overviews, not remediation designs.
Articles#
| ID | Problem → alternative | Replaces | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| RM01 | Oily soil and cuttings → landfarming, biopiles, bioaugmentation | Dig-and-dump, thermal treatment, chemical oxidation | Replace / Partial |
| RM02 | Metal-polluted land and tailings → phytostabilization, phytoextraction, phytomanagement | Excavation, chemical soil washing, bare/capped tailings | Replace (stabilization) / Partial |
| RM03 | Odour, H₂S, NH₃, VOC → biofilters, biotrickling filters, bioscrubbers | Caustic/hypochlorite scrubbers, thermal oxidizers | Replace / Partial |
Related articles elsewhere#
Reviewed but SKIPPED (no proven bio-alternative)#
| Substance / use | Hazard | Note |
|---|---|---|
| PFAS-contaminated soil and groundwater | Persistent, mobile | Microbial PFAS degradation is still research; treatment is sorption, excavation or high-temperature destruction (see also E-series skipped list) |
| Chlorinated solvent (TCE/PCE) plumes | Carcinogens in groundwater | Enhanced reductive dechlorination with Dehalococcoides is proven, but no supplier in the index — watchlist for a future RM article |
| Radioactive contamination | Radiation | Not a bioeconomy substitution |
| Septic-tank “bio-additives” | — | Independent evidence that additives improve septic performance is weak; regular desludging matters more (see WC03) |
What it replaces 6
Screened candidates 2
| M04 | biological cyanide and thiocyanate destruction in gold-mine effluent instead of chemical oxidation drop — Only market-research, company or pilot figures verified — no article without evidence. | D1 |
| M05 | biological sulfate reduction for metal recovery from mine water instead of lime precipitation drop — Single industrial site only. | D2 |
Technologies 13
| Air biofiltration Biological air treatment systems utilizing microbial consortia to eliminate VOCs, odors, and industrial airborne pollutants. | Bioremediation |
| Bio-flotation reagents for mining Biosurfactant and plant-oil-derived frothers and collectors that replace petroleum-based alcohol, glycol and fatty-acid-derivative reagents in mineral froth … | Bioremediation |
| Bio-mining (phytoremediation, tailings valorization) Acidophilic bacteria that oxidize sulfide minerals to release trapped copper, gold and rare earths from mine tailings, paired with hyperaccumulator plants that … | Bioremediation |
| Bioremediation of hazardous industrial effluents (metal bio-precipitation, MBR, enzymatic dye & phenol degradation) Biological treatment of toxic industrial wastewater — heavy metals, azo dyes, phenols and hydrocarbons from oil-and-gas, mining, textiles and microelectronics — … | Bioremediation |
| Biosynthetic acrylamide (flocculants & bio-acrylamide) Enzymatic conversion of acrylonitrile to acrylamide via immobilized Rhodococcus rhodochrous cells, replacing copper-catalyzed synthesis for water-treatment, … | Platform chemicals |
| Drilling-waste bioremediation On-site microbial and enzymatic treatment of oil-based drill cuttings and drilling mud that degrades residual hydrocarbons and polymers before land disposal, … | Bioremediation |
| Microbial bioremediation (enzymatic degradation, PFAS destruction, MBR wastewater) Microbes and enzymes that degrade or destroy pollutants — waste plastic, PFAS, industrial effluents and municipal wastewater — a remediation value chain from … | Bioremediation |
| Microplastic biodegradation on land Microbes, enzymes and micro-fauna degrading microplastic already dispersed in soil and terrestrial matrices — a remediation value chain from plastisphere … | Bioremediation |
| Municipal wastewater bio-treatment Biological treatment of municipal sewage — activated sludge, membrane bioreactors, nitrogen/phosphorus nutrient removal, anaerobic digestion of sludge to … | Bioremediation |
| Oil-spill bioremediation (land-based) Microbial products — mostly consortia of naturally occurring hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and archaea, sold as powders, liquids or adsorbent blends — applied … | Bioremediation |
| PFAS biodegradation Advanced bioremediation targeting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) using engineered proteins, specialized microbial consortia, and bio-based … | Bioremediation |
| Rare-earth and critical-metal biosorption Engineered proteins, fungi, microalgae and bacteria that selectively bind and recover rare earth elements or precious/critical metals from coal ash, mine … | Bioremediation |
| Stormwater bio-treatment (bioretention and biofiltration systems) Engineered soil-media and plant-based bioretention systems — compact, prefabricated cells installed at curb-side inlets, parking lots and roadways — that filter … | Bioremediation |
Opportunities 0
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