Chapter 18
Soil Protection and Solid Waste Management

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Soil management

Soil as a resource
Soil functions
Case Box 18.1 Legal regulation of soil protection in Poland
Soil protection
Legal regulations of soil quality

Threats to soil quantity and quality

Loss of soil soil erosion
Loss of organic material soil impoverishment and desertification
Acidification and salination
Outlook Box 18.2 Desertification vs. land reclamation
Too much or too little water drainage of wet soils
Contamination and pollution

Remediation of contaminated soil

Objectives and limitations of soil remediation
National programs for soil remediation
Financing soil remediation projects
Remediation technologies soil removal and ground water protection
On-site containment
Methods Box 18.3 On-site chemical treatment technologies for soil remediation
Chemical and physical on-site treatment
Biological soil remediation technologies
Case Box 18.4 Environmental restoration through bioremediation

Solid waste

Wastes right resources in the wrong place
The material flows perspective
Solid waste and waste/soil connections
Case Box 18.5 Environmental life-cycle assessment of a couch
Solid waste produced by mining and industry
Municipal waste

Solid waste management

Waste and waste management methods
Reuse and recycling
Case Box 18.6 Uppsala waste incineration plant for energy production
Incineration
Outlook Box 18.7 The international hazardous waste market
Landfill
Hazardous waste
Nuclear waste
Final disposal