Biological Assessment of Soils Following Waste Tyre Fires and Potential Remediation—A Case Study

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43210%2F25%3A43927796" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43210/25:43927796 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12120464" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/environments12120464</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environments12120464" target="_blank" >10.3390/environments12120464</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Biological Assessment of Soils Following Waste Tyre Fires and Potential Remediation—A Case Study

Original language description

Waste tyre fires are a significant environmental issue that leads to the release of toxic substances into the soil, particularly polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals. These contaminants can adversely affect the physicochemical properties of the soil, its microbial activity, and plant growth. The aim of this study is to assess the degree of phytotoxicity in soils affected by tyre waste fires using acute and biological tests, while simultaneously measuring microbial respiration as an indicator of soil biological activity. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the application of a 5% dose of biochar as a remediation measure was evaluated. The results showed that leachates from contaminated soils exhibited phytotoxic effects, with growth inhibition of 26.94-28.12% and reduced seed germination of 55.6-55.9%. The application of biochar to the soil under study significantly reduced phytotoxicity-induced growth inhibition (20-23.11%) and improved seed germination rates (79.76-83.71%). Microbial respiration gradually increased following the application of biochar; after 28 days it was over 30% higher compared to soils without biochar amendment. This study confirms that biochar can be an effective amendment that improves the biological quality of soils impacted by tyre waste fires.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Environments

ISSN

2076-3298

e-ISSN

2076-3298

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

464

UT code for WoS article

001646364600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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