Sustainable development in a multiflicted solution environmental pollution

Abstract

We are witnessing increasingly rapid and pronounced climate changes caused not only by natural processes, but also by increasing environmental pollution, which is a direct consequence of human activity. Population growth as well as technological and economic progress have a negative impact on the environment, and in recent decades, sustainable development and water security have been imposed as inevitable in solving the water-food-energy relationship. Water safety is the primary task in the project to mitigate the impact of environmental pollution at all world levels of structures. In 2015, the United Nations, with its 193 members, revised the agenda planned for 2030, which consists of 17 goals that are primary in the future, including social inclusion, environmental sustainability, justice, peace, economic development, good governance and partnership. One of the main goals of sustainable development is the central focus, and it refers to clean water and sanitation. This paper provides an overview of some global trends in wastewater treatment in relation to domestic methods of mine water purification. In the continuation of the research, the goal of the work was the valorization of man-made mineral raw materials (secondary sulfur and fly ash), which creates an environmentally acceptable and useful material from the mentioned ecologically hazardous substances, mass applicable primarily in construction, but also elsewhere. In addition, the project is focused on the removal of heavy metals from acid mine wastewater using pelletized fly ash as a sorbent that will be further used for the synthesis of sulfur concrete. The production of sulfur concrete implies the use of secondary sulfur from oil refining as a substitute for Portland cement binder in conventional concrete, which achieves a significant environmental and economic benefit. The project includes several aspects useful in Europe and the world, such as obtaining new materials and using waste resources, which has a very important impact on environmental protection, as well as an important economic aspect. Since these fields are relatively young, their further development and application of the obtained results in the industry is expected in the future.