Addressing contaminated sites: from dig-and-dump to smart land management
- 2. Addressing Contaminated sites : from dig- and-dump to smart and sustainable land management Lucia Buvé Chair of NICOLE Rome May 2018 Network for Industrially Co-ordinated Sustainable Land Management in Europe
- 3. What is NICOLE? NICOLE is - a unique network in Europe, linking contaminated land management professionals from the industry, service providers and academics - a leading organisation in the development and promotion of state-of-the-art solutions for contaminated land management 3vs-2018-5
- 4. NICOLE Timeline 4vs-2018-5 Today 1996 1999 2002 2008 2011 2016 2018 NICOLE Started as a concerted action under the 4th Framework Program of the European Community NICOLE becomes self-supporting NICOLE is organized as a non-profit association under Dutch law Dec. 2009 NICOLE has 105 members covering industry, service providers and academics NICOLE celebrates its 20 years of existance
- 5. NICOLE’S Objectives Exchange Opinion Promoting Collaborative Research Exchange views European Regulation 5vs-2018-5 To identify research needs and promote collaborative research that will enable its members to identify, assess and manage contaminated sites more efficiently within a framework of sustainability. To communicate with stakeholders inside and outside Europe to promote NICOLE’s views. To provide a European forum for the exchange of knowledge and ideas about contaminated land management - share best practice.
- 6. NICOLE’S Activities – Interaction and Cooperation with Regulators Left: Joint Position Paper with Common Forum On Risk-Informed and Sustainable Remediation 6vs-2018-5 • Interaction with regulators such as Common Forum • Participation European Commission technical surveys by providing positioning papers
- 7. NICOLE World 7vs-2018-5 NICOLA Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Africa Opened with the event October 2014 in Johannesburg South Africa NICOLE Brasil Latin America Network for Soil and Water Management Supported by EKOS BRASIL
- 8. Addressing contaminated sites • Mostly dealing with still existing historical legacy • Past operational practices were not the same as today • Causes of contamination : 8vs-2018-5
- 9. Addressing contaminated sites 9vs-2018-5 • Main contaminants Main activities EEA 2015
- 10. Addressing contaminated sites • Remediation is cutting (one of) the links in the risk model between source-pathway-receptor : • Remediation techniques mainly focus on the source : • Removal : excavation and landfill, soil washing, pump&treat, SVE... • Immobilisation : phyto-stabilisation, metal precipitation in groundwater… • Destruction : oxidation/reduction… • Most of these techniques are still used, but : • Better insight in sub-surface conditions due to improved assessment tools, so that techniques are more efficient • Dealing with “new” contaminants • Incorporation of sustainability aspects 10vs-2018-5
- 13. Addressing contaminated sites 13vs-2018-5 • Brundtland report (1987) • Sustainable Development “meets the needs of present generation without compromising needs of future generations” • Integrates environment, social and economic aspects
- 14. Addressing contaminated sites A sustainable remediation project is one that represents the best solution when considering environmental, social and economic factors, as agreed by the stakeholders • Sustainable remediation is a holistic approach with two inter-related components : • Sustainability management: the discipline of integrating sustainability assessment into contaminated land management decision making ; • Sustainability assessment: the process of gaining an understanding of possible outcomes across all three elements (environmental, social and economic) of sustainable development. • SR is an iterative process with feedback loops to demonstrate performance and adjust when needed. 14vs-2018-5
- 15. www.nicole.org 15 NICOLE Road Map http://www.nicole.org/documents/DocumentList.aspx?l=9&w=n 1 - Sustainability management EarlystagesofprojectProject Implementation 2-Sustainability assessment
- 16. Sustainability Assessment 1. Identify and review parties 2. Review objectives and starting points 3. Agree on conceptual site model (source-path-receptor linkage) 4. Explore options 5. Agree on sustainability indicators 6. Agree on tools/methodology e.g. Sustainability appraisal based on decisive benefits and burdens 7. Assign priorities or weightings 8. Technical detailing of options 9. Agree on findings (Justification rule)
- 18. Example of sustainability in projects 18vs-2018-5
- 19. Thank you for your attention vs-2018-5 19 Network for Industrially Co-ordinated Sustainable Land Management in Europe