Here are some of the news stories related to the issues in this site:

Soil Protection Strategy (16 October 2007)- On the 16th of October 2007, the Environment Agency launched its Soil Protection Strategy at the Institute of Professional Soil Scientists annual meeting in London.  This document sets out 31 actions we all need to be aware of, more...

EIC calls for contaminated land guidance (12 October 2007)
A leading environmental trade association has urged the Government to speed up new guidance on assessing contaminated land.

The Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) has written to Defra minister Jonathan Shaw in a bid to speed up the preparation of national standards to clean up brownfield land.

EIC chiefs said national guidance would help to remove some of the barriers that could prevent developers from using previously developed sites, more...

A Sustainable solution for soil manufacturing (October 2007)
Transforming a former coke works site to a residential housing development with grass and woodland is a considerable task and getting the correct soil to support habitat development brings demanding technical, economic and environmental challenges. Soil Environment Services (SES) developed a soil manufacturing solution that met these demands, more...

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