Owing to the habit of most of Yugoslavs to prepare coffee without filtering, the large part of used coffee comes to recipients. In this paper, the influence of coffee deposits reaching recipients in Yugoslavia is analyzed. Results of laboratory examination of the biodegradability and kinetic of biodegradability of coffee deposits are also presented.

Products of wet and dry deposition of aero-pollutants, reached by over-boundary or internal-boundary transport, are significant source of pollution, almost, whole territory of Serbia (Yugoslavia). Products of wet and dry deposition endangere surface storages in two ways: (1) directly, by deposition on surface storages; (2) indirectly, by deposition on surface of catchment areas, and further transporting through hydrographic system. In the period 1992-1996 investigations were carried out at some localities in Serbia (Yugoslavia). Their results show that recorded quantities significantly over pass MDK (maximal permitted quantity). Investigations included analysis of samples of precipitation (rain and snow), soil and sediment from hydrographic system.

Spectrophotometric method for determination of inorganic phosphate liberated in hydrolysis of ATP catalyzed by ATPase was modified in order to obtain faster procedure, which could also be used in none laboratory conditions. The modification has some advantages compared to the most used Pennial method: a) the reagents are stable for several months; b) the 45 min procedure of phosphomolibdate extraction by isobutanole-benzene is ommited, and the method is not dangerous for the analyst; c) color develops after 20 min. The method was tested on the determination of inorganic phosphate in the presence of cadmium nitrate as inhibitor of ATPase activity. The results were compared to the results obtained by Pennial method. The results obtained have shown some good agreements.