An Investigation on the Removal of Heavy Metals from Contaminated Soils with Ornamental Plants

Year 2024, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 1 - 12, 31.03.2024

Feran Aşur , Suzan Karagöz

Abstract

Today, pollution caused by heavy metals is one of the important issues that spread rapidly in urban and industrial areas and have great environmental impacts. Although it is possible to rehabilitate heavy metal-contaminated soils using chemical, physical, or biological techniques, physical and chemical methods of remediating heavy metal-contaminated soils are costly, time-consuming, and environmentally damaging. Therefore, in recent years, scientists and engineers have tried to design and develop biological techniques that can clean and replace heavy metal-contaminated places without adverse effects on soil fertility and biodiversity, and as a result they have come up with "Phytoremediation Systems". Many ornamental plants can extract a few toxic metals from the soil and store them in their organs in large quantities, and at the same time survive without showing signs of toxicity. Plant breeding is the natural abilities of these plants, including some ornamental plants used in landscape architecture. The determination of the usability of these plants constitutes an important basis for the purification of environmental pollution in landscaping studies. This article aims to explain the potential use of ornamental plants for phytoremediation of polluted environments and their impact on the landscape. This study is expected to provide a guiding way for future researchers to explore the scope of phytoremediation using ornamental plants.

Keywords

Heavy metals, ornamental plants, contaminated soil, phytoremediation

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