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reuse. Soil washing using a bespoke plant – which was assembled specifically for this contract – was used on roughly 100,000 m (3,500,000 cu ft). This method of soil washing is an extremely sustainable remediation option which took place on site. As a result, very little of the material had to go to landfill meaning less lorry movements; thus reducing costs and
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Clearance was required to allow the selective excavation of around 140,000 m (4,900,000 cu ft) of contaminated soils and materials from different sections across 33 hectares (82 acres) out of the 35-hectare (86-acre) site. The majority of which was treated on site to permit its
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