The paper presents an analysis of the methods for the chemical modification of biochar. The characteristics of acid and basic modifications, modifications with hydrogen peroxide, sulfonation, amination, impregnation with metal oxides, and magnetization are examined. It is demonstrated that the method of modification, the parameters of the technological process, and the nature of the modifying agent all exert an influence on the chemical composition, structure, porosity, pore size, and total specific surface area of the modified coal. The combination of methods, technological parameters, and modifiers allows for the production of sorbents for wastewater treatment based on biochar with specific properties for the sorption of certain groups of different pollutants.

Keywords: biochar, chemical modification, sorption properties, porosity, pore size

The article presents the study results of a soil-like fraction contamination at a landfill located on the territory of the Traktorozavodsky district of Volgograd with heavy metals. The soil-like fraction's pollution level was assessed using a cumulative chemical pollution index (Zc) and its modifications. It was determined that the contamination levels with heavy metals are dependent on a used cumulative chemical pollution index modification. The use of the average geometric values of a cumulative chemical pollution index (Zc) is preferred for a pollution assessment of a soil-like fraction. Because the pollution level of a studied soil-like fraction was assessed as hazardous, its use as a recultivation material can only be permitted after a detoxification.The main pollutants in the soil-like fraction are cadmium, copper, and nickel.

Keywords: landfills, soil-like fraction, heavy metals, pollution level

The paper presents the results of engineering and environmental surveys at the object of accumulated environmental damage - an unauthorized dump on the territory of the Shuvalov industrial zone in the Leninsky district of Nizhny Novgorod. A description of the study of the territorial and natural features of the object is given: landscape, representatives of flora and fauna, as well as data from laboratory studies of soil samples. An analysis of the morphological composition of the waste and data on the volume and mass of the disposed waste are presented. The level of microbiological, parasitological, and chemical contamination of soil samples with heavy metals is assessed. For carrying out reclamation work at the site, the authors of the work propose a composition that includes natural mineral-organic compounds. The results of the laboratory application of natural mineral-organic compounds with the production of soil-recultivator from the screening of landfill masses are presented.

Keywords: industrial and consumer waste, engineering and environmental surveys, unauthorized dumping, soil pollution, heavy metals, technogenic soil reclamation, reclamation soil

This article presents the results of work on environmental monitoring of the waste disposal facility - a landfill located in the Voroshilovsky district of the city of Volgograd. The data on the territorial and natural features of the research site, such as location, landscape, flora and fauna, are described. The results of the study of soil samples according to the criteria of biological, toxicological and chemical pollution are presented. The question is raised about the possibility of reclamation work using a sorbent based on natural mineral-organic substances, the effectiveness of the sorbent in reducing the hazard class of contaminated soil is shown.

Keywords: production and consumption waste, environmental monitoring, landfill, soil pollution, soil reclamation

This article discusses the results of environmental monitoring of the waste disposal facility located in the northern part of the Traktorozavodsky district of the city of Volgograd. The data on the territorial features of the investigated area, flora and fauna are presented. The morphological composition of wastes present in the soil is analyzed, as well as the results of laboratory studies. The results of studies on the content of heavy metals in the soil (bulk and mobile forms) and data on bacteriology (enterococci, bacteria of the Escherichia coli group, helminths, cysts of pathogenic intestinal protozoa) are shown. The authors put forward recommendations on the methods of reclamation of this territory.

Keywords: production and consumption waste, environmental harm, environmental monitoring, landfill, heavy metal pollution

This paper discusses the results of engineering and environmental surveys on the territory of an unauthorized landfill near the working village of Erzovka, Gorodishchensky district, Volgograd region. In the course of the work, a comprehensive study of the state of atmospheric air, soil and radiation background was carried out. In accordance with the order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation dated August 4, 2017 No. 435 "On the approval of the criteria and term for categorizing objects, the accumulated damage to the environment on which is subject to liquidation as a matter of priority", the study area was categorized. The data on the mass, morphological composition and hazard class of wastes located in the study area are presented. The results of a laboratory study of environmental pollution by production and consumption wastes are presented, and the accumulated environmental harm is assessed.

Keywords: unauthorized landfill, accumulated environmental damage, production and consumption waste, pollutants, heavy metal pollution, level of negative impact

This article presents the results of the study of pollution of components of the natural environment (air, soil, water) and wastes located in the territory of the landfill near the village of Samofalovka, Volgograd region, and carried out an assessment of the accumulated environmental damage.

Keywords: Landfill, accumulated environmental damage, pollutants, exposure level

This article discusses the use of waste disposal technologies, their technological and environmental-economic assessment. The relevance of this work is determined by the current trend on finding affordable and effective technologies for waste disposal, taking into account their energy potential. A comparative analysis of existing technologies for waste treatment and a feasibility study on the utilization of organic and inorganic carbon-containing waste by the pyrolysis method have been carried out. The authors analyzed the Russian and foreign experience of using waste technologies as alternative energy sources. The energy component of production and consumption wastes is considered. The scheme of the production complex using the pyrolysis technology, focused not only on the processing of waste, but also obtaining the sought-after useful competitive product.

Keywords: ecology, pyrolysis technology, waste recycling, municipal solid waste, MSW, biofuel

This paper discusses the current problems of waste management: sorting and their further processing. The average morphological composition of waste in Russia and in the world is presented. Possible methods of recycling waste components on different morphological composition are considered. A comparative analysis of the existing promising technologies for processing waste used in the Russian Federation, including municipal solid waste by burning, pyrolysis and plasma gasification, from the point of view on economic and environmental efficiency of the process. The technical and economic features of the low- and high-temperature pyrolysis process are given. As economic indicators used are specific capital investments, the cost of utilization, energy consumption and production recoupment. The assessment of environmental efficiency is determined by indicators such as the degree and duration of waste disposal, the generation of waste in the recycling process, and the pollution in the soil, groundwater, and the atmosphere.

Keywords: ecology, pyrolysis, waste treatment, municipal solid waste, solid waste, recycling, waste management