Soil Remediation

Contaminated Land: What can I do with it?

April 17, 2012

Right, so you’ve found some contaminated land you’re interested in, or maybe you already own the land and found out that it’s contaminated, either way (or of course for other reasons) you want to know what contaminated land means and what you can do with it.  I’m assuming you’ve already found out if the contamination [...]

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Chemox Injection

March 27, 2012

Direct Push, in-situ Chemical oxidation (chemox) treatment is a process where an oxidising chemical is injected into the ground to oxidise organic contaminants. This method can be used to reduce hydrocarbon concentrations (oil, petrol and diesel etc) in groundwater and soils.  The in-situ application is particularly useful where time or engineering constraints make other methods [...]

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The Assessment of Water Pollution, Scotland

March 27, 2012

Contaminating the Water Environment, or even the possibility of contaminating the water environment, are significant factors in the determination of contaminated land.  SEPA have recently released a new version of their ‘Brown Booklet’ which outlines their approach to ‘Water Pollution Arising from Land Containing Chemical Contaminants’ Edition 2. In the booklet SEPA have set out their approach [...]

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Contaminated Soil Recycling

February 17, 2012

An excellent idea, avoid the high costs associated with landfill tax and you may even be able to re-use your soils on site, removing the costs of replacing the materials. Soil recycling can be approached on-site or off-site, the basics principles are – On-site- Based on SEPA’s (Scottish Env Agency) Land Remediation And Waste Management Guidelines, [...]

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6 Criteria for Soil Re-use

February 17, 2012

As part of the recent Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011, SEPA’s Land Remediation and Waste Management Guidelines (Still awake), an all important criteria for re-use of excavated soils on site without the need for a license exists.  Keep your fingers crossed that you can meet all six. 1. The use is a necessary part [...]

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Is Contaminated Land a Problem?

February 3, 2012

Whether contaminated land is problem largely depends on 2 main factors, does the contamination provide a risk to site users, and/or does the contamination provide a risk to the public and wider environment? In the simplest terms you will need to have at the very least a Phase I report on the site, listing a history of [...]

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Plastic Eating Fungus Discovery

February 1, 2012

Our friends in the USA have managed to isolate a Fungus which degrades polyurethane, a substance which is used in foams, seals, adhesives and hard and flexible plastic parts.  The fungus has been named Pestalotiopsis microspora, a name which may become as well known as dehalococcoides (a hydrocarbon degrading bacteria widely used in bioremediation). Excitement [...]

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What is Soil Remediation?

January 23, 2012

   It does depend on who you ask, as that’s me then I’ll tell you what it means to an environmental remediation contractor. Soil remediation is broadly speaking solving a problem you have with a soil.  Problems can be structural and/or environmental, solutions exist which conquor both.  Environmental problems are generally caused by contaminants, substances in the [...]

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How much does contaminated soil disposal cost?

January 18, 2012

As we keep getting asked this question we thought an update would be in order. At present the UK landfill tax is £56 per tonne rising to £64/t in April 2012. Hazardous soil disposal rates vary across the country from around £30/t – £60/t depending on the type of contamination and volume.  Essentially the greater [...]

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The 12 remediation days of Christmas

December 19, 2011

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… A grossly contaminated site. On the Second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… A planning condition for my grossly contaminated site. On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… A comprehensive Phase 1 report, for the [...]

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