In this paper results and consideration about the use of recycled glass, as a granulated medium for filtration interaction with diluted agrotoxic materials in water, are presented. For this purpose, transparent bottles and glass containers were first fragmented and than crushed into pieces with sizes < 1 mm. Gravitational filtration tests were carried out in columns, in laboratorial scale. The herbicide atrazine was chosen as a standard contaminant due to its high toxicity and intensive use in Brazil. The results, from gas chromatography analysis, showed that the contamination was retained by the porous medium over all ranges of concentration (0.5, 1.0, 3.0, 10 and 15 mg L-1), which was dependent on the initial contamination degree. With regard to glass as a raw material, it showed itself to be a quite amenable material, potentially attractive for uses as a coadjutant medium in slow filtration.
filtration; porous medium; atrazine; environmental remediation
