Biochar for Environmental Management: Impacts on the Sorption and Bioavailability of Organic Contaminants in Soil

With the rapid development of industry and agriculture and the acceleration of urbanization, the amount of wastewater and waste solid discharged from industrial, agricultural, domestic, and commercial sources have increased rapidly. As one of the primary environmental media, soil is a main sink of organic and inorganic contaminants due to its strong sorption capacity, and hence soil is a main media that needs remediation.