Technology Focus | Brownfield Briefing

Insect army released on Japanese knotweed

10 March 2010 BB Staff

The first release of Aphalara itadori has been approved by the Government.

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Soil-air-plant pathway modelled for organics

05 March 2010 BB Staff

A new study has produced a quantitative model for the contamination pathway.

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Government land protection study urges more building on it

26 February 2010 Jon Reeds

The long-awaited Foresight report on land use has come out in favour of Government policy on house building and transport.

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Contaminated sites used to grow grass for biomass

22 February 2010 BB Staff

Research has shown a native grass can be used to grow biomass without taking up contamination.

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Tennessee fly ash clean up options weighed

22 February 2010 BB Staff

Dredging works and reviewing of long-term remediation are continuing at the Kingston plant where a huge area was flooded with fly ash sludge.

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Setting down stable roots

18 February 2010 Paul Mathers

A series of trials are examining how compost can improve the strength of sloped surfaces

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Drilling deep, treading softly

18 February 2010 Andrew Doerr

Can a large site investigation limit surface impact in sensitive environments, while still delivering high quality well installations within challenging Quaternary drift deposits?

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Masdar: city of the future

02 February 2010 Lord Norman Foster

Masdar City in Abu Dhabi has been heralded as the world's first zero waste, zero carbon city

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Construction resource efficiency

02 February 2010 Martin Fodor

A preview of research to be published by the Environment Agency on its own progress with construction waste and recycling

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Scottish land reclamation continues to fall

27 January 2010 BB Staff

New statistics show reclamation of derelict and vacant land in Scotland continues to fall.

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