An Innovative Approach to Assess the Ecotoxicological Risks of Soil Exposed to Solid Waste

The adoption of sustainable waste management strategies is a challenge faced by most European countries, mainly due to the need generate less and replace landfills with new methods treatment, associated increases in separate collection recycling rates. This paper highlights significance environmental legislation regarding removal protect ecosystems. aim was predict ecological responses heavy metals soil exposed hazardous identify hazards landfills, small illegal dumps, litter, addition identifying if metal accumulation investigated samples showed single or cumulative risk. an innovative method risk generated landfills. assessment risks based on evaluation contamination factor, pollution index loadings, geo-accumulation for metals, potential current study also first attempt dimension type deposit (landfill, dump, litter) patterns. geological corresponding cadmium Igeo(Cd) from landfill moderate those dumps. These findings indicate that influenced time, anthropogenic processes, history industrial activity, not only composition storage. present shows might be considered latent fingerprint disposal, which correlated industrialization level rehabilitation procedures.