It addresses not only the environmental component of sustainability, but  
also the social and economic aspects, including how considerations of  
environmental justice can be factored into an analysis of green cleanup  
options.  This advisory is intended for project managers, responsible  
parties, and environmental consultants for performing sustainability or  
green remediation assessments at cleanup sites.  
 
The advisory introduces the concepts of sustainability and life-cycle  
thinking and shows how these concepts can be incorporated into any stage  
of a cleanup project, including site characterization, treatment  
alternative selection, remedial design implementation, long-term  
monitoring, operation and maintenance, and closure. This advisory also  
presents a simple tool, the green remediation evaluation matrix (GREM).  
The GREM can be used to perform qualitative comparisons of treatment  
alternatives.  Other tools that can be used for calculating green house  
gas emissions and energy consumption are referenced.  
 
Because this field is rapidly evolving, the advisory will be updated  
periodically and will include state-of-the-art quantitative and  
qualitative assessment techniques.