Current landfill regulations provide for the responsible management of solid waste and a safer alternative to the outdated practices of open or illegal dumping. Aside from imparting aesthetic value, natural or planted vegetation on landfill sites has an important role in erosion control and removal of contaminants, and may also be used in leaching treatment. The use of leachate for the irrigati...

We evaluated the allelopathic effect of invasive species Cynodon dactylon from a natural grassland and overseeding intersowing with legumes fertilization phosphorus, on two native grasses, Paspalum notatum dilatatum. Due to what was observed in fertilized grasslands, where cover C. increases, P. decreases dilatatum is not affected, it expected that allelochemicals grasslands would have negative...

In the present work, we aimed to focus on the identification and characterization of the heavy metal-tolerant plant species growing spontaneously at the tailings site of the Sarcheshmeh copper mine, south of Iran. Our aim was to find the plant species that were potentially useful for phytoextraction purposes. The concentrations of As, Cu, Mo, Ni, Zn, and Re were analyzed in soil as well as in t...