The landfill of industrial waste from nickel production and its Impact on the landscape (case study from Sereď in Slovak republic)
Abstract
The landfill of waste from nickel production is situated to the south of Sereď in Slovak Republic. The landfill area covers around 50 ha. Volume is in present day 5.5 - 6.5 mil. [t] and in 1993 it was about 9 mil.[t].The landfill was formed during 30 years of manufacturing process, which was stopped due to the economic and ecological reasons in 1993. The pollution of base rocks, underground waters, soils and air pollution was noticed during production in the Nickel smelting plant and continues up to the present days. In this paper we focused on the current structure on the landfill of waste from nickel production and its impact on the environment.Physical and chemicalproperties of the wasteare responsible forthe creation ofa specificecosystem, notpeculiar tothe natural landscape,whichnegatively affects the qualityof the environment.It is proposedto reducewasteusingmicrowavevitrificationmethod, although it is very expensive, but the most effective, because procedurein convertingwasteglassprovides high chemicalstability andwater resistance.
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