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DEGRADATION AND CONTROL PROCESSES

Degradation process:


Due to uncontrolled dumping.


Description:


Land where residues have been left without any kind of control and where illegal dumping has taken place. Uncontrolled dumping creates heaps of materials (rubbish, urban solid waste, construction waste, etc.) that can cause different types of pollution. When pollution occurs, its origins are often difficult to identify and its effects are therefore often very difficult to correct.

Importance: localized





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Rubbish and solid urban waste
affecting a water course at
an illegal dumping site.
El Berguedą(J. Porta)




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Uncontrolled dumping site for demolition rubble
(R. M. Poch)






Soil functions affected:


All functions are disturbed.



Diagnostic criteria:


Clearly evident to the naked eye with the appearance of artefacts (materials of technogenic origin) upon excavation.



Prevention and control:


Construction of controlled landfill sites in accordance with the current legislation deriving from Community Directive 91/156/CEE, which establishes a policy for waste management. This relates to the Spanish Ley Bįsica de residuos 10/1998.





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Initial state.
Construction of a controlled
landfill site in Segrią (J. Porta)



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Execution.
Construction of a controlled
landfill site in Segrią (J. Porta)




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Final state.
Construction of a controlled


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