| This report aims to summarise the main conclusions on emerging issues concerning the implementation of biological soil treatment in general at EU level, as well at national and regional level in some of the EU Member States. The report does not claim to be complete and is not able to describe issues in full detail, but it does identify some of the main barriers. Many of the conclusions are not only applicable to biological remediation but to any treatment methods. The information has been collected and researched between 2000 and 2001/2002. The main information has been abstracted from the various soils and waste and permit/license laws/acts, from literature and from many interviews both with the main stakeholders such as the various authorities at EU, national, regional level and with the various parties performing the actual remediation in the field such as contractors and consultants. The report explains the general approach, and describes the fate of contaminated soils at present in EU Member States, and looks into the various options how to improve that situation. |