| Title | Towards circular economy: Sustainable soil additives from natural waste fibres to improve water retention and soil fertility |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 4243 |
| Authors | Marczak, D; Lejcus, K; Kulczycki, G; Misiewicz, J |
| Title | Towards circular economy: Sustainable soil additives from natural waste fibres to improve water retention and soil fertility |
| Year | 2022 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | Human activity is accompanied by the introduction of excessive amounts of artificial materials, including geosynthetics, into the environment, causing global environmental pollution. Moreover, climate change continues to negatively affect global water resources. With the intensification of environmental problems, material reusability and water consumption limitations have been proposed. This study replaced synthetic soil additives with biodegrad-able materials and analysed the potential and sustainable processing of natural fibrous materials, which form problem-atic waste. Waste fibres are the basis of innovative soil water storage technologies in the form of biodegradable and water-absorbing geocomposites (BioWAG). We analysed the influence of BioWAGs on plant vegetation and the environment through a three-year field experiment. Furthermore, biomass increases, drought effect reductions, and biodegradation mechanisms were analysed. Natural waste fibres had a positive influence, as they released easily acces-sible nutrients into the soil during biodegradation. BioWAGs had a positive influence on the biometric parameters of grass, increasing biomass growth by 430 %. Our results indicated that this is an effective method of waste fibre man-agement that offers the possibility to manufacture innovative, environmentally friendly materials in compliance with the objectives of circular economy and the expectations of users. |
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