Symbiosis Centre for Waste Resource Management, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India.
Symbiosis School of Biological Sciences, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India.
Environ Monit Assess. 2022 Sep 9;194(10):753. doi: 10.1007/s10661-022-10387-z.
Unprecedented growth in the automobile sector has led to an increased number of automobile service stations across all major cities especially in the developing countries. These service stations release huge amounts of waste that contain objectionable levels of oil and grease (O&G) and heavy metals, amongst other environmentally toxic compounds. Not much literature is available on the hazardous nature, public health concerns, and sustainable treatment options of such an industrial waste. This review throws light on the nuisances caused by the automobile industry waste, the various conventional and promising physical-chemical remediation measures adopted, and the scope of bioremediation for the same. Work on the use of microbial enzymes such as lipases and microbial surface-active agents (biosurfactants) as emerging promising candidates for the bioremediation of metals and O&G contaminated automobile service centre wastewater and soil are especially highlighted in this review article. The adoption of constructed wetlands and regular scientific monitoring of service sector are the aspects that would prove to be critical in sustainable and ecological automobile service station waste management. Stricter environment regulations, along with the growing ecological and environmental awareness, call for stringent monitoring of the service station waste and its treatment in an environmentally sustainable manner. This review can effectively aid in revealing potential hazards of this industrial sectors and in policy making for effective environmental monitoring.
汽车行业的空前增长导致各大城市，尤其是发展中国家的汽车服务站数量增加。这些服务站排放大量含有大量油和油脂（O&G）以及重金属等环境有毒化合物的废物。关于这种工业废物的危险性质、公众健康问题和可持续处理选择的文献并不多。本文综述了汽车工业废物带来的危害，以及采用的各种传统和有前途的物理化学修复措施，以及生物修复的范围。本文特别强调了微生物酶（如脂肪酶和微生物表面活性剂（生物表面活性剂））作为新兴的有前途的候选物，用于生物修复金属和 O&G 污染的汽车服务中心废水和土壤。人工湿地的采用和对服务部门的定期科学监测，将被证明是可持续和生态汽车服务站废物管理的关键方面。更严格的环境法规，以及日益增强的生态和环境意识，要求严格监测服务站废物，并以环境可持续的方式对其进行处理。本综述可以有效地帮助揭示这个工业部门的潜在危害，并为有效的环境监测制定政策。
