The purpose of this work is to determine the possibility of using a fine fraction (screening) of landfill waste located on the western outskirts of Volgograd as recultivating soil. The following priority indicators were determined in the selected samples: hydrogen index (pH), the content of benz(a)pyrene, petroleum products and groups of elements related to heavy metals: mercury, cadmium, arsenic, lead, zinc, nickel and copper, namely forms extracted with acid and buffer solution and ammonium acetate with a pH of 4.5. Excess of normative values in the samples was noted for such toxicants as cadmium, nickel and copper. The value of the total indicator of chemical pollution Zc without taking into account the toxicity coefficient was 30.03, and taking into account - 46.34, which corresponds to the categories ""moderately dangerous"" and ""dangerous"". It is determined that the small fraction of landfill masses belongs to the 4th class of waste hazard - low-hazard. Direct use of sieving as a soil recultivant is not possible. It is necessary to carry out measures to detoxify it. Due to the presence of components with carcinogenic properties, acceptable detoxification directions are extraction or encapsulation of heavy metals.

Keywords: landfill masses, fine fraction, chemical pollution, hazard class

This paper discusses the results of engineering and environmental surveys on the territory of an unauthorized landfill near the working village of Erzovka, Gorodishchensky district, Volgograd region. In the course of the work, a comprehensive study of the state of atmospheric air, soil and radiation background was carried out. In accordance with the order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation dated August 4, 2017 No. 435 "On the approval of the criteria and term for categorizing objects, the accumulated damage to the environment on which is subject to liquidation as a matter of priority", the study area was categorized. The data on the mass, morphological composition and hazard class of wastes located in the study area are presented. The results of a laboratory study of environmental pollution by production and consumption wastes are presented, and the accumulated environmental harm is assessed.

Keywords: unauthorized landfill, accumulated environmental damage, production and consumption waste, pollutants, heavy metal pollution, level of negative impact