Sharing of practical success stories helps communities identify unique strategies for optimizing efficiencies of natural resource and energy use during site cleanup and reuse. EPA is compiling detailed case studies on site-specific applications of green remediation strategies, and welcomes additional stories. Suggestions may be provided directly to Carlos Pachon, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (pachon.carlos@epa.gov).

Highlights of Best Practices in Action

Best management practices of green remediation are already in use at sites throughout the country. Tracking of site-specific strategies, efficiency improvements, and the end use of remediated properties helps decision-makers and stakeholders identify new approaches for combining technologies, methods, and opportunities.

Videos and Presentations

Biosolids Recycling: Restore, Reclaim, Remediate. Waste-water solids resulting from sewage treatment, or biosolids, can be converted into nutrient-rich fertilizer. Research by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and EPA’s Environmental Response Team has opened the way for using biosolids to reclaim lands destroyed by mining.
Environmental Response Television, 2008. (14:51 min)
http://clu-in.org/studio/biosolids.cfm

Crozet Phytoremediation. Remediation of soil containing arsenic, lead, and pesticides at a former orchard near Crozet, VA, demonstrates a strategy using a range of passive, energy efficient systems such as phytotechnology, gravity-fed irrigation, low-flow pumping mechanisms, and solar energy.
Environmental Response Television, 2007. (10:22 min)
http://www.clu-in.org/search/t.focus/id/701/