Quick Key Facts
- Bioremediation is a process that uses plants and microorganisms like bacteria, fungi and algae to treat contaminated soils, water and other pollution.
- Microorganisms are very small organisms that live naturally in the environment and bioremediation stimulates the growth of certain microbes that use contaminants as a source of food and energy.
- Bioremediation methods can be used to clean up oil and other petroleum products, chemical pollution, pesticides, wastewater and sewage, excessive nutrients in waterways, and can be used to break down plastic pollution.
- Bioremediation may take place “in situ” at the contamination site, or “ex situ” away from the site.
- For bioremediation to be effective, the right temperature, nutrients and food must be present. Proper conditions allow the right microbes to grow and multiply — and eat more contaminants.
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