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Ecological Engineering

Volume 73, December 2014, Pages 425–428

Short communication

Aromatic grasses for phytomanagement of coal fly ash hazards

• Sanjeet K. Verma^a, b, 
• Kripal Singh^b, , 1, , , 
• Anand K. Gupta^b, 
• Vimal Chandra Pandey^c, 
• Pragya Trivedi^b, 
• Rajesh Kumar Verma^b, 
• D.D. Patra^b

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doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.106

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Abstract

Fly ash (FA), a residue of coal combustion, has been accepted as a hazardous solid waste all over the world. Even though several approaches for its utilization in agriculture and material industry have been proposed, the amount of the stocked FA is increasing because production exceeds the amount that can be utilized. We propose the use of aromatic grasses for better in situ remediation of FA landfill hazards and to get several tangible and intangible benefits.

Keywords

• Aromatic grasses; 
• Ecosystem services; 
• Environment; 
• Fly ash; 
• Phytoremediation

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K. Singh contributed equally as the first author.

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