“…Over a few years, the discarding solid and/or liquid waste products containing heavy metals emanating from the industrial processes has received a lot of attention, and consequently legislation for the protection of the environment has gradually become more rigid [1], [2], [4]- [6]. Heavy metals are particularly problematic because, unlike most organic contaminants, they are non-biodegradable and can accumulate in living tissues, posing great threat to both human health and ecological environment [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. The most common heavy metals mainly include mercury, cadmium, lead, chromium, arsenic, zinc, copper, nickel, cobalt, etc.…”