The multifaceted power of biochar: A review on its role in pollution control, sustainable agriculture, and circular economy
The key challenges of the 21st century include global warming, soil health management, wastewater treatment, and adopting sustainable green technologies. Biochar offers significant potential in addressing these issues, positioning itself as a vital tool in advancing sustainable development goals. Re...
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| description | The key challenges of the 21st century include global warming, soil health management, wastewater treatment, and adopting sustainable green technologies. Biochar offers significant potential in addressing these issues, positioning itself as a vital tool in advancing sustainable development goals. Recent biochar research has expanded significantly beyond its traditional focus in agricultural and environmental sciences. These characteristics position biochar as an increasingly valuable material for improving soil health, enhancing agricultural productivity, and capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide, contributing to efforts to mitigate global warming. The “circular economy” concept is rapidly gaining attraction, driven by its central goal of waste elimination through meticulous planning. Recently, biochar has emerged as a significant contributor in the environmental community due to its versatility in reducing waste and enhancing the efficacy of the circular economy. This review delves into advancements in the production, modification, and treatment methods of biochar, as well as its elemental and nutrient composition. It highlights the advantages, challenges, and diverse applications of biochar while critically examining current challenges and research gaps in its potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, enhance soil carbon sequestration, and improve wastewater treatment processes.The potential of biochar to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon in soils, along with its applications in wastewater treatment, are thoroughly covered in this article. The challenges it faces and its prospects are also discussed in detail. This review identifies the key issues that must be addressed for the sustainable utilization of biochar. It explores the development of a circular economy-based environmental management paradigm, leveraging waste conversion into biochar and its diverse applications across regions, thus effectively closing the loop and exemplifying a truly circular economy in action. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-488549c51f4c4b0489df5a65ebb7ee742025-01-20T04:17:50ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology2590-18262025-01-017286304The multifaceted power of biochar: A review on its role in pollution control, sustainable agriculture, and circular economyAmreen Bano0Mohd Kashif Aziz1Bablu Prasad2Rajesh Ravi3Maulin P. Shah4Pollyanna Vanessa Dos Santos Lins5Lucas Meili6Kumar Suranjit Prasad7Centre of Environmental Studies, Institute of Inter-Disciplinary Studies, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 211002, IndiaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 211002, IndiaDepartment of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science,The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, IndiaSchool of Biological Engineering & Life Science, Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut, UP, IndiaIndustrial Waste Water Research Laboratory, Applied & Environmental Microbiology Lab, Enviro Technology Limited (CETP), Ankleshwar, Gujarat, IndiaLaboratory of Processes, Center of Technology, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceio, BrazilLaboratory of Processes, Center of Technology, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceio, BrazilCentre of Environmental Studies, Institute of Inter-Disciplinary Studies, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 211002, India; Corresponding author.The key challenges of the 21st century include global warming, soil health management, wastewater treatment, and adopting sustainable green technologies. Biochar offers significant potential in addressing these issues, positioning itself as a vital tool in advancing sustainable development goals. Recent biochar research has expanded significantly beyond its traditional focus in agricultural and environmental sciences. These characteristics position biochar as an increasingly valuable material for improving soil health, enhancing agricultural productivity, and capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide, contributing to efforts to mitigate global warming. The “circular economy” concept is rapidly gaining attraction, driven by its central goal of waste elimination through meticulous planning. Recently, biochar has emerged as a significant contributor in the environmental community due to its versatility in reducing waste and enhancing the efficacy of the circular economy. This review delves into advancements in the production, modification, and treatment methods of biochar, as well as its elemental and nutrient composition. It highlights the advantages, challenges, and diverse applications of biochar while critically examining current challenges and research gaps in its potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, enhance soil carbon sequestration, and improve wastewater treatment processes.The potential of biochar to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon in soils, along with its applications in wastewater treatment, are thoroughly covered in this article. The challenges it faces and its prospects are also discussed in detail. This review identifies the key issues that must be addressed for the sustainable utilization of biochar. It explores the development of a circular economy-based environmental management paradigm, leveraging waste conversion into biochar and its diverse applications across regions, thus effectively closing the loop and exemplifying a truly circular economy in action.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590182625000049BiocharAdsorptionIon-exchangeSoil carbonSoil nitrogenPlant growth |
| spellingShingle | Amreen Bano Mohd Kashif Aziz Bablu Prasad Rajesh Ravi Maulin P. Shah Pollyanna Vanessa Dos Santos Lins Lucas Meili Kumar Suranjit Prasad The multifaceted power of biochar: A review on its role in pollution control, sustainable agriculture, and circular economy Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology Biochar Adsorption Ion-exchange Soil carbon Soil nitrogen Plant growth |
| title | The multifaceted power of biochar: A review on its role in pollution control, sustainable agriculture, and circular economy |
| title_full | The multifaceted power of biochar: A review on its role in pollution control, sustainable agriculture, and circular economy |
| title_fullStr | The multifaceted power of biochar: A review on its role in pollution control, sustainable agriculture, and circular economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The multifaceted power of biochar: A review on its role in pollution control, sustainable agriculture, and circular economy |
| title_short | The multifaceted power of biochar: A review on its role in pollution control, sustainable agriculture, and circular economy |
| title_sort | multifaceted power of biochar a review on its role in pollution control sustainable agriculture and circular economy |
| topic | Biochar Adsorption Ion-exchange Soil carbon Soil nitrogen Plant growth |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590182625000049 |
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