Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for recycling of synthetic material containing waste. In the process initially in a first step the synthetic material containing waste is crushed to a particle diameter ?100 mm and then admixed as aggregate in a soil material, in particular in a silt containing soil for the earthworks. The portion of the synthetic material containing waste admixed in the second step is preferably 15 percent by volume to 70 percent by volume. The resulting soil material is in many aspects excellently suited for the earthworks and in particular, for the recultivation or the protection of problematic landfill areas.

Abstract: Water, especially waste water, from which organic compounds such as, in particular, halogenated hydrocarbons are to be separated by extraction using a lipophilic extraction agent is passed through an open-cell carrier of large internal contact surface area in which the extraction agent is deposited on the contact surface and/or floods the carrier over at least part of its height to form a continuous liquid layer.