Title: Uncovering the True Impacts of Remediation 
Resource Type: document --> public information 
Country: United Kingdom 
Year: 2007 
Availability: Subr:im Bulletin SUB 2 
Author 1/Producer: SUBR:IM Consortium 
Other Authors/Producers: Harbottle, M. Al-Tabbaa, A. 
Author / Producer Type: University research group / research institute 
Publisher: CL:AIRE 
Publisher City: London, UK 
Report / download web link (=direct link): http://www.claire.co.uk/pdf_usr/SUB2_final_amended_figs.pdf  
Format (e.g. PDF): PDF 
EUGRIS Keyword(s): Contaminated land-->Remediation options-->Ex situ treatment technologies
Contaminated land-->Wider impacts / sustainability-->Assessment tools
 
Short description: EXTRACT: 5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS The objective of this work was to identify and compare the wider impacts of a range of remediation technologies in use in the UK. A methodology was developed based on multi-criteria and detailed impact analyses, both of which incorporated life-cycle approaches. This was used to compare three options on a particular site, and highlighted the major impacts from each, with the excavation and disposal to landfill project performing poorly and the in situ stabilisation/solidification project performing comparatively well. Both the excavation and the off-site disposal portions of the former technique had significant impacts, both of which where minimised by performing S/S in situ. Full assessment and consideration of sustainability or of wider impacts of remediation is not currently performed in practice, although the results from the survey show that awareness of sustainability issues exists and that certain aspects are being implemented. It is hoped that the analysis presented here will assist in informing the selection of remediation technologies through knowledge of their true impacts in tandem with their efficacy and cost. 
Link to Project(s): SUBR:IM Sustainable Urban Brownfield Regeneration: Integrated Management
 
Link to Organisation(s): CL:AIRE (Contaminated Land: Applications in the Real Environments)
 
Submitted By: Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?      Last update: 30/05/2007

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