Soil pollution is an alarming issue in the world, especially if the land is used for agriculture and food growth. With the greater occurrence of pollutants in general, more methods are beeing developed to remediate or remove them. Methods for removing organic pollutants are mostly based on their induced degradation by biological, thermal, chemical, physical or electrochemical processes. Scientists are trying to develop methods that cause minimal stress or cause as little impact on the ecosystem as little as possible. We distinguish between methods that are carried out at the site of the soil (in-situ) and methods where the soil is removed and remediated at another site in the reactors (ex-situ). The latter are associated with transport and higher costs and can have a negative impact on the remediated area. The choice of method should be based on suitability analyzes and may involve one method or a combination of several methods. The use of living organisms (bioremediation) proves to be a suitable method from the point of view of minimizing the impact on the ecosystem. The aim of the diploma thesis is to give an overview of methods for cleaning soils contaminated with organic pollutants, based on the results of published research. We will focus on the effectiveness and suitability for different groups of organic pollutants.
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