ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Possibility of Using Waste from the Polyvinyl
Chloride Production Process for Plant Fertilization
Dariusz Jaskulski, Iwona Jaskulska
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Department of Plant Production and Experimenting, University of Technology and Life Sciences,
Kordeckiego 20E, 85-225 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2011;20(2):351-354
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ABSTRACT
The aim of our research was to determine the potential of waste generated during the production of chlorine
for the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride as plant fertilizer in agriculture. For the production of fertilizer
sludge produced when cleaning the saline solution, 78 vol % waste sulphuric acid from the dehydration of
chlorine and calcinated magnesite were used. The product contains minimum: MgO – 16%, CaO – 9%, SO3
– 35%, and about 32% of water, mainly crystalline. The effect of the product on agrochemical properties of
soil and crops was investigated in pot and field experiments. Soil fertilization with the product had a positive
effect on the soil content of available magnesium and sulphate sulphur, their content in air-dry matter of plants
and yields of spring rapeseed, and sugar beet roots.