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Soil Treatment

A fairly ambiguous statement, Soil Treatment, yet again in the contaminated land remediation world we have tried to claim it for our own (Please don't…

Soil Treatment

A fairly ambiguous statement, Soil Treatment, yet again in the contaminated land remediation world we have tried to claim it for our own (Please don’t tell the farmers and gardeners out there).

Contaminated soil treatment has 2 main applications, in-situ and ex-situ, the target being to reduce / remove contaminants in order to either facilitate safe re-use on site, or dispose of the materials off-site at a cheaper rate.

Ex-situ soil treatment can be done on-site if you have the time and space, or the increasingly popular option is to send soils to one of many soil treatment centres across the UK.  Soil treatment centres are designed to reduce the soil contaminants to a level where the soils are suitable for re-use.  The important point with treatment centres is that the soils are not landfilled and therefore no landfill tax is levied (click here to see the government landfill tax escalator (currently £102.10 / tonne as of April 2023).

Soil treatment, in any guise, is an excellent addition to a remedial options assessment.

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  1. A new soil treatment hub has been opened close to the M20 where property developers, remediation specialists and civils and groundworks contractors can send contaminated soils for treatment and reuse without incurring landfill tax.

    The ‘reM20’ treatment hub, well connected to London and the South East via the M20, is an Environment Agency approved soil treatment centre where soils impacted with a wide range of industrial contaminants including petrol, diesel, oils and heavy metals can be treated and re-used. By using the latest soil treatment technologies, 100% of contaminated soils are re-used and retained on site and reuse means that landfill tax is not applicable and competitive rates can be provided. Fixed price quotations are available for a range of materials, making it a very attractive alternative to traditional landfill disposal. The nature of the facility also makes it suitable for large volumes with rapid turnaround and easy access for vehicles.

  2. We are an Australian Company which has developed a system for cleaning sour soil on site in which we aerate the sour soil in an encapsulation and blow air across the released vapours. These vapours then pass through a special activated carbon filter which is able to absorb these contaminated vapours. Please check us out on our website http://www.dustcollectorrentals.com.au.

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