The invention belongs to the field of remediation of contaminated soil. The contaminated soil is converted into a less dangerous form by means of chemical reactions. This invention is based on the problem of how to make the soil with excessive level unacceptable to the environment and / or harmful water-soluble heavy metal compounds, particularly those based on arsenic As and / or cadmium Cd, and / or lead Pb, and / or zinc Zn at an economical way to obtain the inert and chemically neutral building material, in which the content of the contaminants does not exceed a predetermined threshold values and will be acceptable from environmental point of view and will not represent a threat for human health.
F.32 International patent
COBISS.SI-ID: 2100583Sustainable thinking in building and civil engineering assumes that recycling and demolition (R&D) waste, and industrial waste, is reused or recycled. SinceR&D waste represents approximately 25-30 % of the total waste generated every year in Europe, this waste, together with industrial waste, should be reused in new applications, i.e. for new products which will have the same functional characteristics as if conventional materials were used. If appropriate treatments are chosen, adverse effects on the environment become negligible. This paper discusses the current situation in Slovenia, and includes some examples of good practice and research in the field in sustainable waste management. These include the use of two types of steel slag, recycled rubber, and road pavement in-situ cold recycling.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 1914471The problem that the Port of Koper has to face due to the sedimentation of mud in its waterways, as well as the results of research that has been performed so far in order to find an optimal solution for the use of this mud as a building material, in economically viable and sustainable applications, was presented at the International conference entitled "Dredging and the European Union: Regulations, Problems and Best Practice" (Piombino, Italy, October 2012). Participation at this conference was important since it was necessary to obtain firsthand information about everyday practice relating to the management of sediments in other European ports.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 1919335In the Institute for Public Health the authors presented extensive investigations performed in the research group on environmental impacts of building materials containing waste by-products from steel industry. The discussion was carried also on the use of other secondary materials e.g. dredged sediments, fly ash from thermal electric power plants and red mud, generated during the production of aluminium. Based on common interests, successful collaboration started on potential EU projects applications. A Ph.D. student Ana Drinčić came to Slovenia, funded by Ad-futura fellowship for the doctoral studies. The topics of her Ph.D. is related to the re-use of different waste materials in civil engineering
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 27997479Invited lecture at Applied Petrography Group (Geological Society of London), 02.20.2013. The activites within Slovenaian Nationa Building and cCIvil Engineering Institute in the field of applied and technical petrography, with an emphasis on pathology of concrete composites and the use of various industrial wastes and dredged sediments from aquatic environments in construction.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 1948263