Technology Focus

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Thermal desorption kit arrives at The Avenue

The plant will spend two-and-a-half years treating hydrocarbon contaminated soil.
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lockedRemediating under residents’ watchful eyes

Contamination is now being tackled in the back gardens of residents in Meanwood, north west of Leeds city centre
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Northern soils atlas maps half the world’s soil carbon

The new atlas maps all soils north of 50 degrees north.
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lockedWorkshop will probe unacceptable intake

A scientific workshop is to generate dose response road maps for contaminants.
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lockedAvoiding dig-and-dump

Government targets state that 60% of the 3m new homes needed by 2020 should be built on brownfield land, but this produces significant cost and environmental obstacles
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lockedRemediation for Staten Island landfill

Remediation and restoration work on a landfill on Staten Island, New York, has begun nearly 30 years after illegal dumping contaminated the site
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lockedElectrifying groundwater remediation

Water treatment through adsorption has long been recognised as a cost effective and efficient method of removing trace levels of organic pollutants from water
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lockedLittle risk and much uncertainty says Agency report

Could a six-month government study last year provide the basis for DEFRA's decision to overhaul statutory guidance on land contamination?
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lockedChromium remediation trials

Extensive Chromium(VI) remediation field trials took place in Glasgow
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lockedROBUST new legacy

The ROBUST project has been set up to sustainably remediate smaller swathes of land
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