High metal reactivity and environmental risks at a site contaminated by glass waste

Abstract

This study addresses the reactivity and risks of metals (Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, As and Sb) at a Swedish site with large glass waste deposits. Old glassworks sites typically have high total metal concentrations, but as the metals are mainly bound within the glass waste and considered relatively inert, environmental investigations at these kinds of sites are limited. In this study, soil and landfill samples were subjected to a sequential chemical extraction procedure. Data from batch leaching tests and groundwater upstream and downstream of the waste deposits were also interpreted. The sequential extraction revealed that metals in

Keywords

Glass waste; Risk; Metals; Leaching; Sorption

Published in

Chemosphere
2016, volume: 154, pages: 434-443
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

SLU Authors

• Berggren Kleja, Dan

  • Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    
  • Swedish Geotechnical Institute (SGI)

UKÄ Subject classification

Environmental Sciences

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.03.125

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/82899