Blast Furnace Slag, Post-Industrial Waste or Valuable Building Materials with Remediation Potential?

In recent years, the construction industry has struggled with a variety of issues such as material availability, supply channel management, and increasing cost materials. These have encouraged search for replacements substitutes existing Blast Furnace Slag is used in mineral amendment or aggregate. Their use Earth Construction, due to their post-industrial origin, may be associated increased levels potentially toxic elements (PTE) soil. This study aimed evaluate effectiveness immobilization potential compare it addition Activated Carbon using different concentrations these amendments. We were able determine selected PTE (zinc, copper, nickel, cadmium lead) soil, roots aerial parts Lolium perenne L., (3%, 5% 10%), (3% 5%) soil Measurements carried out Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (FAAS). Both plant biomass. The slag effectively reduced zinc, lead content while significantly PETs plants. It was considered reasonable supporting processes assisted phytostabilization polluted soils.