Green Remediation and Eco-Sustainability: Enhancing Human Wellness and Welfare Through Planned Integration of Eco-Composites

Year : 2025 | Volume : 13 | Special Issue 03 | Page : 242-251
    By

    Aruna Dhamija,

  • Richa Sharma,

  1. Professor, Department of Law, Institute of Legal Studies and Research, GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
  2. Deputy Director, Department of Research Institutes & Regional Centres (RIC), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, India

Abstract

Green remediation involves assessing the complete environmental impact of implementing a solution and integrating choices to optimize the overall environmental gains from cleanup actions. This introductory guide delineates the principles of green remediation and explores possibilities for diminishing the environmental footprint of cleanup activities over the course of a project. Conserving environment is a prime concern soliciting our attention for making the external environment, including the physical, natural, social and behavioral aspects of it, uncontaminated as well as fit. With the rapid growth in population happening, specifically in the developing world, environment is deteriorating at an unprecedented and alarming rate thus adversely affecting the physical and mental health of human beings. Conserving the environment should be of critical significance for us so as to ensure that the mother-nature remains unsoiled. This paper examines the various management systems and remediation towards reducing and protecting the environment thus cutting down on the underlying catastrophic conditions. As environmental health and human health are connected, this paper highlights the various environmental pollutants which lead to health issues which, if left unchecked, can turn into a disaster. In order to eradicate the problems related to health, the best measure is to connect with nature because it is quite obvious to comprehend that what can be naturally healed could never be replaced with artificial medicines which lead to side effects. This paper talks about how conserving environment should be a concern which should feature in our to-do list in every possible aspect on the virtue of being essential for the well-being of the humankind in the long run. Novelty in this study is that developing countries (East Asia) opted to purchase technologies to control pollution for the human welfare whereas an attempt is made to describe that how the eco-composites integrating with green Remediation and Eco-Sustainability enhance in Human Wellness and Welfare. Critical success factors are discussed for the remediation towards reducing the pollution and protecting the environment namely site boundaries, water, opportunity costs, community success factors and community partnership.

Keywords: Green remediation; management systems; conserving environment; eco-sustainability; eco-composites critical success factors

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Volume 13
Special Issue 03
Received 12/11/2024
Accepted 13/02/2025
Published 14/04/2025
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