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Remediation on Track at Former ’Dirtiest Site in Europe’ - ALcontrol Group
The Avenue former coking works located 3km south of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England is a prominent site known internationally by the remediation and civil engineering sectors. Much has changed both on the site and in waste management / environmental permitting since Construction News, in July 2006, described The Avenue as ’The dirtiest site in Europe.’ Exceeding 80 hectares, the site operated for 36 years as a coking works and had a long and varied industrial history prior to this use. In add...
Renewable Energy, Landfill Gas and EfW: Now, Next and Future - K A Adu-Gyamfia, R Villaa and F Coulona
The United Kingdom (UK) has traditionally used landfill disposal as the predominant method of waste management. However, landfilling is unsustainable due to its harmful effects on the environment and public health. Under the European Union (EU) Landfill Directive, member nations are now required to divert biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) from landfills. The UK has also committed to the EU Renewable Energy Directive, which binds it to sourcing at least 15% of its energy mix from renewables by...
Cleaning up the Avenue Coking Works
In September 2009 the remediation of the Avenue Coking Works in Derbyshire, England, started in earnest. Within sight of Chesterfield’s famous crooked spire is the former Avenue coking works often tagged as one of Europe’s most contaminated sites. VSD – a consortia of Volker Stevin, Sita Remediation and specialist environmental contractor DEC – will tackle the many challenges its remediation poses and return the remediated site to the local community as a multi use facility. The Avenue site is...
Clean Dirt, No Doubt! (Eh?) Canada`s Nelson Environmental Remediation Treats its Business with Heat and Home Grown Values
Clean Dirt, No Doubt! Indeed. With a distinctive Northern Canadian accent and a complimentary penchant for hard work, these words resound in the minds of brothers Darryl and Warren Nelson, President and Vice- President respectively, of their contaminated soil-cleaning business, Nelson Environmental Remediation Ltd. (NER). Clean Dirt, No Doubt! is, after all, the Company?s tagline and guiding mission for this Edmonton, Canadabased environmental solutions business, one that has been...
Cleanup of the Lower Fox River in Wisconsin, USA: The world’s largest sediment remediation project
The successful involvement in the Miami River remediation project (2005 ? 2008) inspired Boskalis Dolman to further strengthen its market position in the USA. Before final completion of phase 2 of the project in Miami, agreement was reached about the world\\’s largest sediment remediation project: Cleanup of the Lower Fox River Operable Units 2-5. This is a multi-year project involving the processing of almost 3 million m3 of contaminated dredged material. One of the major advantages of the Bosk...
Assessing the Potential for In Situ Biological Remediation
Natural Attenuation is usually the lowest cost and most sustainable approach to remediate a site contaminated with organic pollutants. However, many consultants discount natural attenuation when comparing remediation options as they lack confidence in biological treatment processes.