Daria Marczak from the Institute of Environmental Engineering of the University of Life Sciences in Wrocław received a grant to study the biodegradation processes of natural fiber geotextiles and additives supporting plant vegetation used in environmental engineering. 

The research was financed under the Preludium competition of the National Science Center. It will include determining the time and degree of biodegradation of geotextiles on the basis of natural raw materials applied in real conditions. The key stage will be to determine the type of biodegradation products released into the environment and to determine the impact of geotextiles on the vegetation of plants used in engineering facilities

Daria Marczak wants to work on the application of a combination of geotextiles with biocarbon and fungi of the genus Trichoderma. The research will be conducted in accordance with the principles of the circular economy and will indicate possible ways of managing textile waste in environmental engineering.