Phytoremediation as phytotechnology approach for wastewater treatment : an Islamic perspectives
Wastewater contamination is one of the critical environmental issues that is becoming worse daily due to the development of human activities mainly produced from domestic, heavy metals, oil, agricultural, and industrial waste. From the Islamic perspective, Muslims play essential roles as khalifah on...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2022
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19302/1/56694-187312-1-PB.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/19302/ https://ejournals.ukm.my/jhadhari/issue/view/1528 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
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| Summary: | Wastewater contamination is one of the critical environmental issues that is becoming worse daily due to the development of human activities mainly produced from domestic, heavy metals, oil, agricultural, and industrial waste. From the Islamic perspective, Muslims play essential roles as khalifah on earth responsible for taking care of and preserving the balanced relationship between man and the environment. As such, phytotechnology, which applies plants and associated microorganisms-based technologies, has been emerging to examine the problems and provide sustainable solutions for this issue. In the 1980’s, the concept of phytoremediation was bornwhen the ability of plant species to accumulate high amounts of heavy metals in
their tissue and organs was proved. There are several advantages of using aquatic
plants for the remediation process, such as being very cost-effective, eco-friendly and
safe. Selecting suitable aquatic plant species helps safely remediate the wastewater
contamination without producing any toxic substances. This article summarises recent
facts on phytoremediation by using aquatic plants as the best approach to remediate
wastewater contaminants. Furthermore, some sustainability principles have been
highlighted in the Quran and Sunnah, which can guide stakeholders and serve as a basis
for any institution to introduce better environmental conservation and management
policies through Islamic perspectives, particularly in the practice of phytoremediation
for wastewater management. |
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