The invention relates to biofilters with biologically activated material, specifically - for biofilters for removing volatile organic compounds, for example, acetone, butanol, toluene, xylene, styrene, butyl acetate, phenol, ...

The paper presents a pilot program that ran From February-April 2005 at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) and was organized by The Environmental Engineering Faculty with the British Embassy. The course could ...

Interaction between plants and heavy metals (HM) is based on the ability of plants to either accumulate HMs or be resistant to huge amounts of HM in soil. Trees, due to their high biomass and long vegetation, are attractive ...

The present study evaluated short-time effect of steam modified biochar with rhamnolipid solution on the removal of different volatile organic and inorganic compounds (acetone, xylene, ammonia) in biofilter with capillary ...

Snow is the main winter season natural cover and collects airborne pollutants. Snowfall from atmospheric air absorbs the impurities: dust, soot and soluble particles. Data from the chemical analysis of snow-cap can be used ...

The specialists of the environmental protection are qualified by universities in Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda. It is comparatively new, but very important and useful speciality, especially in nowadays, when environmental ...

In the last decades, there is a growing concern about soils polluted with potentially toxic elements (PTE) and their negative impact on the ecosystems. In the recent year, biochar is intensively investigated not only for ...