Assessment of Soil Pollution in the Area of Unauthorized Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Located in the Siberian Federal District

The assessment of the degree of chemical contamination of soils in the area of unauthorized municipal solid waste landfills in the Siberian Federal Distric has been carried out. It was found that the degree of chemical contamination of soils in the area of the majority of analyzed unauthorized landfills is insignificant (the soil contamination category is "clean" and "acceptable"). It has been revealed that the predominant pollutants present in the soils near unauthorized municipal solid waste landfills, are lead, zinc, and nickel, both in terms of frequency of occurrence and the magnitude of excess of background levels.