Editors: Dr Mukul Kumar Baruah, Dr Rahul Kanti Nath & Dr Joyobrato Nath (2025)

ISBN: 97978-93-94174-62-7

Bamboo Biochar as a Tool to Mitigate Environmental Contamination: A Review

Department of Botany, N.C. College, Badarpur, Sribhumi, Assam, India

Department of Botany, Cachar College, Trunk Road, Silchar, Assam, India

Bamboo is an evergreen, fast-growing, low-cost, eco-friendly, fast harvesting, perennial-flowering plant present in many tropical and sub-tropical countries worldwide. Bamboo also produces Biochar, popularly known as black gold; it is a renewable bioresource produced from bambooby heating bamboo biomass in the absence or limited presence of oxygen, a process known as pyrolysis or gasification. This sustainable material is gaining significant attention for its diverse applications and environmental benefits. The specific properties of the resulting biochar can vary depending on the pyrolysis temperature and the type of bamboo feedstock used. Bamboo biochar (BBc) is considered as a great bio-adsorbent material for removing heavy metals, organic, and inorganic contaminants from wastewater and soil, resulting in improved plant growth and yield. Biochar generation from bamboo ranges from 32% to 80% (example – Dendrocalamus giganteus) at 3000C. This review article delves into overall perspective of biochar produced from bamboo pyrolysis method, it’s properties, influence on soil and plant health, it’s application (mitigation strategies), conclusion, future perspective and recommendations.

*Corresponding author; e-mail: shetodhope2008@gmail.com

Cite this Chapter: Susanto Paul and Shwetosmita Nath. 2025. Bamboo Biochar as a Tool to Mitigate Environmental Contamination: A Review. In: Mukul Kumar Baruah, Rahul Kanti Nath and Joyobrato Nath (Eds.), Transdisciplinary Science: Mapping the Future of Research. Excellent Publishers, India. pp. 196-205. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/978-93-94174-62-7_18