Contaminated Land - organisations and networks
Contaminated land is an area of growing interest here in the UK, Europe and internationally. An increasing number of organisations provide and share knowledge and research on contaminated land. We have grouped some of these below, but there are many more.
UK organisations
Defra Contaminated Land Forum
The Defra Contaminated Land Forum has recently been established to help improve links with the contaminated land community, particularly in the field of policy development. This follows the winding up of the Soil Guideline Value Task Force. Defra has invited some key representative organisations to join the Forum to exchange views and information.
- The first meeting minutes and agenda, terms of reference and core membership list: CLF 5.
UK Environmental Industries
Information on UK environmental industries and services, and various Government initiatives in this field:
- Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform - environmental industries
EIC - Environmental Industries Commission
The Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) was launched in 1995 to provide the environmental technology and services industry with a strong and effective voice within Government in the debate about how to ensure that British companies succeed in the growing world market.
To assist those involved in contaminated land regeneration EIC have created The Land Remediation Yearbook, to bring together leading experts from the public and private sectors to set out all the key issues facing those seeking to tackle contaminated land and provide a reference tool for sourcing information on suppliers of land remediation services.
CL:AIRE - Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments
CL:AIRE is a public/private partnership that is playing a major part in driving forward the Government's commitment to sustainable remediation of contaminated land. It works closely with site owners, technology vendors and researchers to bring together sites and new or innovative remediation technologies and it has a range of relevant publications, other information and weblinks.
- Tel: 020 7258 5321
- www.claire.co.uk
CIRIA - Construction Industry Research and Information Association
CIRIA publishes a wide range of relevant material. Contact:
Construction
Industry Research and Information Association,
Classic House
174-180
Old Street
London EC1V 9BP
Tel. 020 7549 3300
www.ciria.org.uk
- CIRIA and contaminated land issues www.contaminated-land.org
IPM-Net – Integrated Pollution Management Knowledge Transfer Network
This business support initiative, funded by BERR and Defra, includes land contamination within its remit. It aims to accelerate knowledge transfer within the pollution field. Membership is open to all organisations.
HSE - Health and Safety Executive
Contact Health and Safety Executive Books, PO Box 1999, Sudbury, Suffolk, C010 2WA, tel. 01787 881165, www.hse.gov.uk/hsehome.htm
NSCA - National Society for Clean Air
NSCA have a training programme for local authorities in respect of their responsibilities for contaminated land.
NSCA
44 Grand
Parade
Brighton,
BN2 9QA
Tel 01273 878770).
www.nsca.org.uk
SiLC - Specialists in Land Contamination
A SiLC Professional and Technical Panel was established to develop a system for the registration of individuals completing the Land Condition Record. A person who becomes registered will become a "Specialist in Land Condition" and known as a "SiLC". The SiLC scheme is funded by the Regional Development Agencies through:
South East
England Development Agency (SEEDA).
c/o Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
St Nicholas House
70 Newport
Lincoln, LN1 3DP
www.silc.org.uk
Land Restoration Trust
A consortium including English Partnerships, Groundwork, the Forestry Commission and the Environment Agency has set up a "Land Restoration Trust" that will acquire "uneconomic" derelict/under-used land and in cooperation with local management partners create valuable community assets. The scheme has a three-year "pilot phase" during which it aims to secure the restoration and management of some 1,500 ha, establishing partnership working systems to enable a portfolio of 10,000 ha by 2010, an area the size of Coventry.
- For further information: www.landrestorationtrust.org.uk/template.asp?l1=1
- Government mapping and information website: http://www.mapsontap.gov.uk/mot/
Europe and International organisations
EUGRIS - European Ground Water and Contaminated Land Remediation Information System.
EUGRIS is a web-based user-friendly information platform for contaminated land and groundwater information. It provides overviews of policy and regulations, research project information, technical information and information from the European Union and its Member States. It also provides a news service directory of contacts in the field and an opportunity for you to post your own information. It is funded by the European Commission.
CLARINET - Contaminated Land Rehabilitation Network for Environmental
Technologies in Europe
CLARINET is an EC funded project following up CARACAS. It brought together policymakers, academics, land owners and technology developers from 16 European countries, with the objective of developing integrated approaches to the rehabilitation of contaminated land in Europe. Its steering group and 7 working groups have looked at different aspects of the contaminated land problem (brownfield redevelopment; risk management and decision support systems; protection of water resources; management of R&D programmes; ecological aspects; human health aspects and remediation technology).
- Final outputs are available on www.clarinet.at/. or www.r3environmental.co.uk.
- CLAN 1/03 (PDF 30 KB) describes the project from the UK viewpoint.
Common Forum
The Common Forum is an expert group of national and regional regulators from EU Member States, Accessing countries and EFTA countries, specialised in contaminated land management. Main goals include providing a platform for: the exchange of knowledge and experience, discussions on policy and research and initiating international projects among members
- The second meeting combined with the Defra workshop about the Soil Framework Directive
- Further information: www.commonforum.eu
NICOLE - Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Europe
Nicole was created to bring together problem holders and researchers throughout Europe to stimulate, dissemination and exchange of knowledge about aspects of industrially contaminated land. It membership comes from both the private and public sectors, universities, research and governmental organisations.
NATO/Committee for Challenges to Modern Society
A new pilot study (Prevention and Remediation in Selected Industrial Sectors) was discussed in Cardiff in June 2004.
The installed User Manual is in Adobe Acrobat format. Further information is available on our Help page about downloading or reading Adobe Acrobat PDF documents.
Page last modified: 10 December 2007
Page published: 17 March 2003