Application of the Biotechnological Potential for Environmental Challenges in the Chemical Industry

Nature has an enormous potential to cycle materials and energy. This potential, and specifically that of biological processes can be applied in the chemical industry to recycle or treat waste, wastewater, and off-gas, and thus reintegrate the man-made, synthetic chemicals into the natural cycles.

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