Acacia mangium Willd. and Melaleuca cajuputi Powell as potential heavy metal accumulators in sewage sludge-contaminated soils

• Main Author: Nik Jaafar, Nik Mohd Shibli
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Phytoremediation - Malaysia; Mangium; Sewage disposal in the ground - Malaysia
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70238/1/FH%202014%2023%20IR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70238/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Waste disposal in Malaysia faces serious challenges and has caused soil pollution. There are currently over 6 million cubic meters of sewage sludge in Malaysia requiring safe disposal. Phytoremediation is the use of plants to remediate polluted soils and this approach has not been practised in Ma...