In the last decades, atmospheric pollution has become an increasingly alarming problem, due to its adverse effects at the global, regional and local scales. In this context, the emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs), ...

The food sector plays an important role in ensuring the general people's good health and nutritional needs by maintaining food security and food safety. This industry's scope of activities is covered by food production, ...

The increasing demand of food to satisfy the needs of a growing world population alongside the rate of economic development and high population are putting incomparable pressure on water resources. As a result of this ...

Access to water has become one of the main challenges of modern society due to the growing imbalance between the demand and availability of water resources. Studies carried out so far on wastewater treatment have ...

The development of the direct biomass utilization for diverse industrial applications is turning the organic solid waste into one of the most promising feedstocks for the production of wide spectrum of competitive bio-based ...

The Ph. D. project herein deals with the application of a novel photocatalyst and its potential in wastewater treatment. Specifically, for wastewater intended for reuse in crop irrigation and with direct emphasis on ...

Sediments play a fundamental role in the aquatic environment, especially for their interaction with the aquatic life. However, in the last decades, due to the increasing anthropic activities, a large amount of contaminants ...