Although currently used the least, bioremediation may be the most economical and most efficient way to reduce toxic waste. Stop use altogether For example, use reusable cups instead of disposable Styrofoam cups Reducing production of toxins is not always easy. Sometimes alternatives that are kinder to the environment are also more expensive to businesses. Sometimes it is hard to tell how bad the effects of toxins are, or how much less bad the effects of alternatives would be. Finally, sometimes people disagree about how much cleaner alternatives might be and how much more they might cost.
Some toxins gradually degrade over long periods of time.
Toxins can be removed by microbial bioremediation. Bioremediation is the use of microbes to enhance the elimination of toxic compounds in the environment. Bioremediation Bioremediation can take many forms. There are so many microbes in most environments, and so many different kinds of microbes, that toxins are often degraded by microbes that already live in the environments into which the toxins are placed. Wastes like oil or pesticides are food for some types of microbes that occur naturally in soil, ponds, and so forth.