The method of comprehensive assessment of the ecological state of natural and man-made ge- osystems and its approbation in the zones of influence of land- fills of solid municipal waste in the Brest region

English

Authors

  • Alena V. Biazruchka Brest Regional Committee of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
  • Aleksandr A. Volchak Brest State Technical University image/svg+xml

Keywords:

landfill of solid household waste, groundwater, soils, methodology, comprehensive assessment, macro components, trace elements
Supporting Agencies
The research was carried out within the framework of the BRFFI–Brest-2022 (project X22B- 010, no. GR 20220931). The authors are grateful to the National Research University «Polessky Agrarian and Ecological Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus» and personally to Director Nikolai Vasilyevich Mihalchuk for their assistance in conducting research.

Abstract

A methodology has been developed for the «Comprehensive assessment of the ecological state of natural and man- made geosystems in the zones of influence of landfills of solid municipal waste in the Brest region». This technique has been tested at landfills of municipal solid waste (hereinafter referred to as MSW) in Baranovichi, Brest, Bereza, Kobrin, Luninets, Pinsk. The MSW landfills under study were ranked according to indirect and direct criteria, with the help of which the minimum and maximum negative impact of the examined MSW landfills on environmental components such as groundwater and soils was established. The ranking of the surveyed polygons shows that over time, each polygon affects environmental components (groundwater, soil, vegetation) to one degree or another. According to data for 2023, the solid waste landfill in Birch has minimal negative impact on indirect criteria, macro- and micro-component composition and organic compounds in groundwater. The least soil pollution was found at landfills in Pinsk and Baranovichi. The most unfavorable situation with soil pollution has developed near the Luninetskaya landfill.

Author Biographies

  • Alena V. Biazruchka, Brest Regional Committee of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

    graduate student, faculty of engineering systems and ecology; head of the department of control over the protection and use of atmospheric air and water resources.

  • Aleksandr A. Volchak, Brest State Technical University

    doctor of science (geography), professor at the department of environmental engineering.

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Published

2025-07-15

Issue

No. 2 (2025): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology

Section

Industrial and Agricultural Ecology

How to Cite

[1]
Biazruchka, A. and Volchak, A. 2025. The method of comprehensive assessment of the ecological state of natural and man-made ge- osystems and its approbation in the zones of influence of land- fills of solid municipal waste in the Brest region: English. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology. 2 (Jul. 2025), 88–97.