Specific agreement on environmental sustainability between the City Council of Cartagena and UPCT. Research topic 1: Regeneration of degraded soils.

Contract
Regional
Public Funding
Funding

City Council of Cartagena

Duration

Feb 2016-Feb 2017

Project Manager
Dr. José Álvarez Rogel
Staff
Dr. José Álvarez Rogel
Dr. Isabel María Párraga Aguado
Dr. María del Carmen Tercero Gómez
Dr. Antonio Peñalver Alcalá
Partnership Entities

UPCT

General Objectives

The general objective is the restoration of degraded soils of the municipality of Cartagena with autochthonous vegetation and with using the municipal wate refuse as soil amendment.

Summary

The following tasks are carried out:

1. Physical-chemical characterization of municipal solid waste (MSW) from the Municipal Solid Urban Waste Plant of El Gorguel.

2. Physical-chemical characterization of the degraded soils in order to determine the different restoration options.

3. To asses optimal dosage of MSW for the improvement of soil prperties.

4. To install on-site plots in the soils to restore, to asess the suitablity of different combinations of plants and MWR for the restoration.

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Project Results

Confidential internal reports.