soil protection technologies

Soil degradation due to military operations is a pressing environmental problem today, requiring detailed study and application of environmentally safe protection technology. The study of the impact of military operations on the soil was conducted using the example of the Sumy region. The methods of X-ray fluorescence (elemental composition and content of heavy metals – HM) and liquid chromatography (organic explosives content) were used to analyze the selected soil samples.

The use of anaerobic digestate as a biofertilizer is quite promising in terms of soil protection technologies in view of the reduction of environmental risks from the use of mineral fertilizers and the positive impact on soil productivity, improvement of their quality and restoration of the humus layer. However, anaerobic digestion does not ensure the complete absence of environmental hazards due to a certain probability of heavy metals, pharmaceutical substances, and pathogenic microorganisms entering the soil with biofertilizer.