WASTE DUMPS IN LATVIA: FORMER LANDFILLING, CONSEQUENCES AND POSSIBLE RECULTIVATION

• Main Authors: Burlakovs Juris, Vircavs Magnuss
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Institute of Chemistry 2012-06-01
• Series: Chemistry Journal of Moldova: General, Industrial and Ecological Chemistry
• Subjects: dump sites; remediation; re-cultivation
• Online Access: http://www.cjm.asm.md/sites/default/files/article_files/Burlakovs%20013%20.pdf

Particular attention in this article is paid to the research of two waste dumps in the capital city of Latvia – Riga, which are planned to be re-cultivated in the nearest future and one site, which is former toxic hazardous soil dump site, where the remediation of site is of priority need. The present study is giving a general overview of contamination level in two waste dumps in Riga, which were made in the period from 50-ties to 70-ties of the 20th century, also the case of hazardous soil dump site formed in a period of more than 100 years is described. Planned actions as well as direct remediational technologies to reduce the poisonous impact to the urban environment and the role of re-cultivation in the urban planning in general are proposed.