ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Lead Transport in Soils Amended
with Municipal Solid Waste Ash
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Department of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Submission date: 2017-05-04
Final revision date: 2017-07-22
Acceptance date: 2017-07-23
Online publication date: 2018-05-10
Publication date: 2018-07-09
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Adel Ghoneim
King Saud University, Department of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, 2460 Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2018;27(6):2437-2442
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Municipal solid waste (MSW) is one of the major environmental problems in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia (KSA). Many efforts have been made to reduce and recover MSW, but land disposal is still the most
popular option. The current research aims to investigate the effects of municipal solid waste ash (MSWA)
application rates on the mobility of Pb by 2 soils with their different physical and chemical properties.
The soil was amended with MSWA at the rate of 0, 1, 2, 3, and 5% (w/w). Pb adsorption experiments
were carried out by mixing 1.0 g of samples with initial Pb concentration varying from 0 to 300 mg L-1.
The results indicated that distribution coefficient (Kd) values of Pb2+ on sandy loam soil were higher than
those on sandy loam soil. The application rate of 5% MSWA to loamy sand and sandy loam soils resulted
in increases of Kd values by 36.6% and 29.0% more than the control soil (0%). MSWA amendment is most
effective in reducing Pb mobility in the studied soils. The results suggest that MSWA could be used as
a low-cost adsorbent for Pb2+ of contaminated soils.