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By Carlos Pachon
Cleanup professionals in the United States and Europe are becoming more
interested in identifying best practices to help reduce the environmental
footprint of contaminated site cleanups. The concept, called green remediation,
is the practice of considering all of the environmental effects of contaminated
site remedy selection and implementation, then incorporating options to
maximize net environmental benefit of cleanup actions.
As its name suggests, green remediation centers on the second of four phases of
sustainable revitalization:
Deconstruction, demolition and removal
Cleanup, remediation and waste management
Design and construction for reuse
Sustainable use and long-term stewardship.
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Industry Profiles
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Kristina Smitten Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Principal of Smitten Group, serving private and public clients in the areas of brownfield redevelopment
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Brooke Furio Cleveland
Sustainable Local Government Lead, Superfund Division, Community & LandRevitalization Branch
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Brownfield Stateside Report
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In Michigan, some are predicting a better business climate for redevelopment and regulatory closure of contaminated properties thanks to a bill Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was scheduled to sign last week. The new regulations should have a positive impact on commercial real estate development and brownfields redevelopment resulting in the creation of jobs. |
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by VeruTEK
A property located on a bank of the East River and in a densely developed residential and commercial area, had its work cut out for it from an environmental remediation standpoint. The mission was to clean up the land and ultimately make one puzzle piece to a larger urban revitalization project that would be redeveloped as a public library and park ranger station.
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