bioremediation

Bioremediation: Which Contaminants Can Be Treated?

March 13, 2012

I feel I could go out on a limb on this one and say that the majority of soil contaminants can be ‘bioremediated’, by that I mean that the risks posed by the majority of soil contaminants can be addressed by bioremediation.  We reported recently on the ‘plastic eating fungus discovery’ Pestalotiopsis microspora.  The eco-friendly world [...]

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How does Bioremediation work?

November 8, 2011

Big toys help! The above shows us ‘turning’ contaminated soils, first we added moisture and nutrients, then we put all of the soils through the Allu bucket to aerate and mix the soils.  Why?  Read on. Before bioremediation is started a few aspects must be considered.  To start with, the contaminant must be ‘right’, i.e. [...]

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Keyhole Surgery

June 17, 2011

Similar to insitu remediation…? Further to Sam’s recent blog you’ll be pleased to know that his recent keyhole surgery went well and he’s now on his way to a full recovery. So why am I writing about this…?  Well keyhole surgery is very similar to insitu treatment techniques, trust me on this…!   You analyse where the problem [...]

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Soil Treatment

March 8, 2011

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 [...]

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What is Bioremediation?

March 4, 2011

The dictionary definition of ‘Remediation’ is along the lines of ‘the correction of something bad or defective’.  As contaminated soil and water remediation contractors we’ve firmly claimed the word, search ‘remediation contractors’ and no doubt you’ll get something to do with the contaminated soils…. Adding the Bio part is sadly not for Bionic. Bio is short for [...]

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