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Abstract

An increasing need to release brownfield sites for redevelopment, coupled with the general trend towards more effective methods of clean up for contaminated land, is leading to the use of a growing number of clean up technologies. Several contractors who have previously been involved primarily in dig and dump solutions, where contaminated soil is merely transported to a suitable landfill location, are now turning to science and technology for more sustainable solutions to the problem of clean up. At the forefront of this trend are technologies such as Churngold Remediation's White Karbon, a filtration medium designed for the treatment of contaminated ground-water, which is just one example of a host of biological, physical and thermal remediation technologies now being used in the UK. Part of the reason for this increasing choice of treatment technology is the complexity of problems that now face land owners, developers and environmental consultants.