Day: 14 September 2004

Silent genius – the world beneath our feet

An exploration of in situ remediation, by Dr. Jeremy Birnstingl, of Regenesis.

Cleaning up with Biofuels

Miles Davis, Consultant Scientist, WRc
Contaminated land is rarely out of the news. A study led by English Partnerships recently estimated that there are some 66000 ha of Brownfield sites in the England and Wales; a figure that is growing each year, with only a few thousand ha brought back into productive use. With the Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) already prohibiting the co-disposal of non hazardous and hazardous material to landfill (ending the common practice of disposing of contaminated soils with other materials) and soon to require the pre-treatment of soils classified as hazardous prior to landfill disposal, the pressure has never been greater to find new contaminated site remediation alternatives.

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