Reasons for choosing in-situ remediation instead of ex-situ and mass-transfer
Miiro Jääskeläinen of Eko Harden Technologies looks at the tradeoffs between three common site clean-up methods for soil and groundwater
Japan learns from Dounreay clean-up
THE experience of cleaning up and decommissioning a nuclear plant in Scotland is being shared with Japan.
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority invited a team from...
Strength in depth – Vibro Menard
A ground improvement specialist has completed work at the site of the new Manchester Waste Private Finance Initiative building in Bolton. The £250,000 contract...
Industrial-scale PFAS destruction system scheduled to trial at Minnesota site
US technology firm General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) said its commercial PERSES™ waste destruction system will be delivered to a Lake Elmo, Minnesota waste...
Geo-data firm supports complex environmental clean-up project
Geo-date specialist Fugro has completed an environmental project supporting the clean-up of one of the most contaminated sites in Denmark. A consortium of COWI...
Handling the risk
A specialist group has welcomed the UK Government’s stance on brownfield development but has voiced concerns over the risk of increased legal challenges to...
EU project addresses soil contamination
DECONTAMINATING and recovering the soil from polluted areas is a long, complex and expensive process. The LIFE I+DARTS project, co-financed by the EU’s environmental...
Unlocking the secrets in soil
A new web portal is opening up access to data about UK soil and its properties. Envirotec asked Russell Lawley of the British Geographical...
Sponsored Content: Trials show new PFAS adsorbent outperforms current methods
Trials have been undertaken by two independent institutions, using a next generation PFAS adsorbent media developed by Puraffinity, the London based science materials company.
Design service provides bespoke 3D volumetric modelling of soil volumes
A bespoke design service that aims to help housebuilders avoid the problem of accumulating large quantities of surplus soil has been launched by brownfield...
Instruments offer quick and simple analysis of metal content
Responding to customer demand from a wide variety of sectors, Ashtead Technology has added additional Niton XL3t GOLDD+ XRF Analysers to its rental fleet...
An iron fist in a velvet glove: taking on the two major obstacles to...
Peter Hayes, Business Development Executive from waste management specialist CDEnviro, looks at the issues and emerging solutions with remediating land and making it fit...
Binding heavy metals: exploring the options
A recent trial carried out at a landfill site in the South West of England addressed the problem of how to remove a number...
Two major asbestos-in-soils courses announced
Comprehensive courses will lay foundations for house builders charged with brownfield development,
says training provider
As the drive to build more new homes in...
£5m cash pot will see derelict land clean-up
AN area of derelict land in Ayrshire is to be transformed after winning more than £5m in funding from the Scottish Government.
Regeneration projects will...
Dealing with contaminated land: Compliance
Hazardous Waste Management director Chris Lynch offers a few thoughts on the classification of hazardous waste, a precursor to making a decision about remediation.
With...
Lime-free soil treatment product can cut brownfield remediation costs, says group
A new remediation technology, ReBind, is claimed to offer a cost-effective, on-site solution for handling contaminated soil on brownfield redevelopment sites, according to the...
Catalysed product overcomes persulfate peeves
For over a decade persulfate has been used to oxidise contamination in the field of environmental remediation. Here, Regenesis discusses the development of its...
VOC detector assists oil spill remediation firm
AN increase in demand for its oil spill consultancy and remediation services has prompted SpillAssist Limited to recently order a second handheld Tiger volatile...
Accelerating remediation of soil
Dunton Environmental shares details of a project to accelerate the remediation of contaminated soils.
