Remediation technologies for environmental management to improve the safety and comfort of living in urban areas – an example of application in Ruda Śląska

This study is part of the LUMAT project, aimed at the reclamation of the brownfield in Ruda Śląska. The chapter presents the results of aided phytostabilisation with the use of Lolium perenne cv. STADION. The study was conducted on a laboratory scale. A mixture of two soil amendments was used – 5% of lignite with lime in two doses of 0.25 and 0.5%. The treatments lowered the bioavailable Pb, Cd, and Zn concentration in the soil and Lolium perenne tissues. Based on the results, full scale application of the aided phytostabilisation was successfully implemented on the brownfield site, which was recommissioned to the local community.