Management of Micro and Nano-plastics in Soil and Biosolids

Dr. Sartaj Ahmad Bhat is working as JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher at the River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India in 2017. His research interests focus on vermicomposting treatment of various solid wastes, especially for investigations on fate and behavior of emerging pollutants during biological treatment of organic wastes. He has published more than 65 papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited over 14 books published by Elsevier, Springer, CRC Press, IWA, and RSC.  Dr. Bhat is serving as an Associate/Academic Editor and Editorial Board Member/Advisory Board Member of more than 15 journals published by Frontiers, Springer, Elsevier, PLOS, Wiley, Hindawi, and De Gruyter. Dr. Bhat is a recipient of several prestigious awards such as the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship to pursue research at River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Japan, the Basic Scientific Research Fellowship (BSR JRF, SRF) by the University Grants Commission (UGC) India, the DST-SERB National Postdoctoral Fellowship at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur, India and Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship by the Govt. of India. He has also received the 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Award by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, MDPI, and the Top Peer Reviewer 2019 award in Environment and Ecology by Web of Science. He has more than 750 Verified Reviews and 70 Editor Records to his credit.

Dr. Vineet Kumar is presently working as a National Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Microbiology at Central University of Rajasthan, India. He received his M.Sc. and M.Phil. in Microbiology from the Department of Microbiology at Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, India. Subsequently, he earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Microbiology from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (A Central) University, Lucknow, India in 2018. His research interests include waste management, bioremediation, phytoremediation, metagenomics, wastewater treatment, environmental monitoring, bioplastic, and biofuel production. He has published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed international journals of repute, 55 book chapters, 1 technical report, and 4 scientific magazine articles, with more than citations 2500, and h-index 30. In addition, he has published 2 authored and 22 edited books on various aspects of science and engineering by renowned international publishers. He has been serving as a guest editor and reviewer in more than 65 International Journals for his research area. He is an active member of numerous scientific societies including the Microbiology Society (UK), the Indian Science Congress Association (India), the Association of Microbiologists of India (India), the Biotech Research Society (India). He is founder of the Society for Green Environment, India (website: www.sgeindia.org).

Prof. Fusheng Li is a Professor in the Division of Water System Safety and Security Studies and the Graduate School of Engineering at Gifu University, Japan. He received his BS degree in environmental engineering from Lanzhou Jiaotong University of China in 1986, MS degree from Kitami Institute of Technology of Japan in 1994, and PhD degree from the Gifu University of Japan in 1998.  Dr. Li is directing the Division of Water Quality Studies that covers the fields from water quality to water and wastewater treatment, and recently to resource and energy recovery from organic waste. The ongoing research projects in his lab include adsorption; membrane filtration, enhanced coagulation, disinfection; biological water and wastewater treatment; vermicomposting treatment of vegetable waste and activated sludge; microbial fuel cell; physicochemical water quality assessment; biological water quality assessment. He has over 350 scholarly publications, including more than 200 in peer reviewed journal papers. As principal su

Chapter 1. Microplastic and nano plastic: a threat to the environment.- Chapter 2. Impact of microplastics and nanoplastics in the aquatic environment.- Chapter 3. Microplastics an emerging environmental issue: its bioremediation, challenges, and a future perspective.- Chapter 4. Micro-nanoplastics from Stormwater Runoffs to Water Bodies: An In-Depth Investigation.- Chapter 5. Micro-Nano-plastics in the Environment: Current Research and Trends.- Chapter 6. Beneath the Surface: Unraveling the Impact of Micro and Nano Plastics on Plant Performance.- Chapter 7. INTERACTION OF MICRO-NANO-PLASTICS AND HEAVY METALS IN SOIL SYSTEMS: MECHANISM AND IMPLICATION.- Chapter 8. Effects of micro-nanoplastics exposure to earthworms in the soil system.- Chapter 9. TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF MICRO AND NANO PLASTICS ON SOIL FAUNA: CURRENT RESEARCH, ADVANCES, AND FUTURE OUTLOOK.- Chapter 10. Long-term fate of micro/nanoplastics in Soil Systems and their impacts.- Chapter 11. Adsorption Behavior and Interaction of Micro-Nano Plastics in Soils and Aquatic Environment.- Chapter 12. Dynamics of biodegradable plastics in the process of food waste biotreatment and environmental risks of residual plastics fragments.- Chapter 13. Occurrence and Fate of Microplastics in Anaerobic Digestion of Dewatered Sludge.- Chapter 14. Micro-Nano-plastics in Sewage sludge: Sources, Occurrence, and Potential Environmental risks.- Chapter 15. Cleaning Up the Smallest Pollutants: The Potential of Microbial Degradation in Tackling Micro- and Nano-Plastic Pollution.- Chapter 16. Enzyme Assisted Biodegradation of Micro-Nanoplastics: Advances and Future Outlook on the Management of Plastic Pollution.- Chapter 17. Microbial Nanobioremediation of Micro-Nanoplastics: Current Strategies, Challenges and Future Prospects.