Abstract

The complex of the former Nickel smelter is located in the Podunajská rovina (Danubian plane) on the border Sereď town and village Dolná Streda. The landfill presents a highly negative hazardous element for environment and quality of life. It is a very anthropogenic damaged area which is located in the agrarian landscape. Some parts of the areas of the agricultural soils were from the fund of the agricultural soils excluded. Degradation of the region is the result of the non-conceptual socialist industrialization of Slovakia. After 30 years was stopped the production of nickel and cobalt (1963-1993) for economic and ecological reasons. Waste from production of nickel and cobalt remained here and degrades the environment in nowadays. Today is the landfill of waste a private property and owner exports the waste to foreign countries.

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