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Global Efforts to Advance Remediation at Contaminated Sites
US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation
- Overview
- AquaConSoil 2013
- ConSoil 2005-2010
- US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation
- Organizations of Interest
"US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation" is an internet seminar series presented by the USEPA in conjunction with other international organizations. The initial internet seminar was delivered as a primer for one of the panel sessions being presented at ConSoil 2010. The intent of the primer was to provide background information on International initiatives in green and sustainable remediation (GSR) to enable attendees to make the most of limited time available during the conference. After ConSoil 2010, additional internet seminars were presented which provided updates to International initiatives, case studies on the implementation of GSR efforts within the United States (US) and European Union (EU), and products being developed Internationally to support GSR.
Following is information on the individual seminars within the series as well as links to the upcoming or archived seminars (archived seminars can be accessed as PowerPoint files, mp3 files, or Podcasts).
US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation, Part 5, October 9, 2012, 10:00 AM (EDT)
This two-hour seminar will address the upcoming Sustainable Remediation Conference 2012 in Vienna, Austria, and provide an overview of the presentations available within each of the conference tracks:
- Conceptual Framework — considering sustainability within remedial approaches;
- Sustainability Assessment — methodologies, models, and tools for sustainable remediation; and
- Sustainability Management — case studies of sustainable remediation projects.
An open forum will be held throughout the seminar to respond to participant questions.
Register to attend the October 9, 2012, Internet Seminar
US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation, Part 4, March 6, 2012
View or download the archived seminar
This internet seminar provided participants with:
- A US case study on greening Superfund cleanup at the Apache Powder, Arizona, site;
- A case study on how GSR efforts are being implemented in Central Europe;
- Austria's new tool for performing a cost-effectiveness analysis which integrates the environmental and socio-economic dimensions of sustainability;
- An update on developments that support EPA greener cleanups (e.g., EPA's environmental footprint methodology for estimating or quantifying a remediation site's footprint) and the ASTM International effort to develop a voluntary consensus-based standard for greener cleanups;
- Updates on international GSR efforts; and
- Information on 2012 GSR internet seminars and conferences.
An open forum was held throughout the seminar during which participants' questions were addressed.
View or download the archive of US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation, Part 4
US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation, Part 3, October 26, 2011
View or download the archived seminar
This internet seminar provided participants with:
- An introduction to USEPA's draft environmental footprint methodology for estimating or quantifying a remediation site's footprint;
- Case studies on GSR efforts that have been applied in the US and EU;
- Information presented during the GSR track at the October International Committee on Contaminated Land (ICCL) meeting, including key points from the Common Forum on Contaminated Land in the European Union (Common Forum) paper on sustainable and risk-informed land management; and
- Updates from initiatives around the world.
An open forum was held throughout the seminar during which participants' questions were addressed.
View or download the archive of US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation, Part 3
US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation Part 2, March 15, 2011
View or download the archived seminar
The focus of this internet seminar was to clarify the common elements and differences between green remediation and sustainable remediation and provide US and International case studies of green remediation.
Panelists included representatives from the USEPA, Environment Agency Austria (EAA), and Sustainable Remediation Forum (SuRF) - United Kingdom (UK). In addition, presenters from the July 2010 Internet Seminar "US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation" and September 2010 ConSoil Special Session attended representing SURF US and the Netherlands; EURODEMO+; Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Europe (NICOLE); Common Forum on Contaminated Land in Europe; and Environment Canada.
View or download the archive of US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation, Part 2
US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation, July 12, 2010
View or download the archived seminar
This interactive Internet Seminar acted as a primer for the Special Session 8A Sustainable Remediation: International Initiatives which took place at ConSoil 2010. During the seminar, international leaders of GSR efforts discussed their drivers and constraints as well as the impacts of these opportunities and issues on their efforts. An open forum was held after the presentations in which participants were able to submit questions to the speakers. The panel of speakers included representatives from the following organizations: USEPA; Environment Canada; SuRF US, SuRF UK, and SuRF Netherlands; EURODEMO+; NICOLE; and the Common Forum on Contaminated Land in Europe.
View or download the archive of US and EU Perspectives on Green and Sustainable Remediation
