Category Archives: Year 2015 Issue 10

Małgorzata Kacprzak*, January Bień, Ewa Neczaj – Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Częstochowa, Poland Please cite as: CHEMIK 2015, 69, 10, 674–679 Sludge is a waste material of industrial and municipal sewage treatment processes [1]. In Poland, each year over 3 thousand municipal sewage treatment plants produce more than 550 thousands Mg of dry matter and the quantity is constantly growing. From 1st January 2016 in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Economy,...

Andrzej J. Puka* – the Environmental Protection Coordinator, Customs Chamber in Cracow, Poland Please cite as: CHEMIK 2015, 69, 10, 649–651 Fraud in customs and fiscal area cause the idea of Customs Service is no longer limited to fiscal function – function of publican – but currently is increasingly becoming guardian of safety and market’s security. For the entrepreneurs it is important to reduce the informal economy in the range of illegal commodity turnover, for the public...

Grzegorz Ligus – Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Opole University of Technology, Opole, Poland; Czesław Olczak* – CARBOCHEM Environmental Engineering, Czarnowąsy by Opole, Poland; Władysław Śmigiel – EKOTECH Engineering, Gogolin, Poland Please cite as: CHEMIK 2015, 69, 10, 639–644 Biological processes of industrial and municipal wastewater treatment involve production of organic sludge that contains significant amounts of hazardous substance [1 – 3]. This applies to among others coking wastewater and petroleum refinery wastewater, as...

Dorota KALISZ* – Industrial Chemistry Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland Please cite as: CHEMIK 2015, 69, 10, 647–648 Chemical substances are one of the categories of CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive) materials used by criminals to cause public security threat. The most vulnerable to be misused are: a) acutely hazardous chemicals for respiratory system and for skin; b) substances which can cause an explosion or set a large fire; c) explosives precursors [1]; d) „dual use...

Joanna GUZIAŁOWSKA-TIC* – Department of Environmental Engineering, Opole University of Technology, Opole, Poland Please cite as: CHEMIK 2015, 69, 10, 652–653 One of the first document concerning the removal of asbestoscontaining products, adopted on 14th May 2002 by the Council of Ministers, was the Programme for removal of asbestos and products containing asbestos used in Poland [1]. The National Treatment Programme of Asbestos in years 2009-2032 continues and updates the previous programme [2]. The main objectives of...

Marta BOŻYM* – Opole University of Technology, Opole, Poland Please cite as: CHEMIK 2015, 69, 10, 666–669 The National Waste Management Plan 2014 [1] assumes an increase in the amount of sewage thermally utylised and composted, while reducing the share of storage, also in wastewater treatment. According to the plan the amount of thermal utilized sewage sludge in 2022 should exceed 30%. The three main directions of thermal utilization of sewage sludge include combustion, co-incineration and alternative...