BIOSOIL Project
ENV/ES/000263

PROJECT "LIFE" TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF COMPOST BIOREMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE RECLAMATION AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN MANAGEMENT OF BROWNFIELDS.

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Objectives of BIOSOIL project

The main objective of BIOSOIL project is to demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of Compost Bioremediation technology for the reclamation of polluted soils with different characteristics and/or different types of organic pollutants.

The remediation of polluted urban soils by means of an innovative, effective, environmental-friendly, versatile and cost-effective technology such as Compost Bioremediation technology, will promote the integration of environmental considerations in urban planning for the sustainable development of many cities in Europe.

Moreover, the reclamation of urban brownfields will facilitate the integration of new socio-economic activities in derelict urban areas, promoting the development of many cities in the European Union.

This main objective is divided into the following more specific objectives:

• Increase the intrinsic biodegradative capacity of a contaminated soil with the addition of a specifically made compost that will act as a degradative microbial bioaugmented inoculum and will improve soil structural and nutritional characteristics, accelerating therefore the bioremediation process.
• Provide new technologies of high efficiency and minimal environmental impact for the reclamation of contaminated soils.
• Facilitate a sustainable management of contaminated soils without the necessity of their dumping in landfills, which involves social or environmental threatens and risks for human health, groundwater and ecosystems.
• Increase the availability of clean urban soil for the re-planning of brownfields.
• Promote environmental initiatives that will contribute to the implementation, updating and development of Community Environment policy and to Sustainable Development in the European Community.
• Create direct and indirect employment in activities related to the management of contaminated soils and the introduction of new socio-economic activities in reclamated emplacements.
• Introduce innovation and quality in the management model of contaminated soils.