| From: | Paul Nathanail <Paul@lqm.co.uk> |
| Date: | Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:50:12 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | Re: [CPEO-BIF] [Fwd: green remediation] |
Dear all, Does green include bioremediation? Well - it all depends! In situ bioremediation can be said to be intrinsically green as it uses relatively (relative to what though?) little energy. But ex situ bioremediation follows on from the energy intensive step of digging and hauling the material to be bioremediated to wherever the windrow, biopile or whatever is going to be constructed. Of course no remediation can be said to be green, smart or sustainable if it is not demonstrably achieving risk reduction or in certain legal contexts contaminant destruction or recovery. Kind regards Paul Nathanail University of Nottingham, UK PS I will be at the Brownfield conference in New Orleans with a group of masters students if anyone would like to continue the conversation face to face PPS Lenny - great forum! I don't know how you find the time! -----Original Message----- From: brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org [mailto:brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org] On Behalf Of Lenny Siegel Sent: 09 September 2009 18:42 To: Brownfields Internet Forum Subject: [CPEO-BIF] [Fwd: green remediation] From: Alis Valencia <avalencia@mcn.org> Lenny, I thought I'd write directly to you; if you think there is any value to posting, go ahead. Does "green" remediation include bioremediation? I haven't been able to find anything that explicitly references this. Alis Alis Valencia 18875 Trillium Lane Fort Bragg, CA 95437 707-964-7964 tel 707-964-7974 fax -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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