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Soil Remediation market in Europe
J. Haemers
CEO Deep Green SA
www.deep-green.com
March 2008
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Contaminated soil as a global concern
Soil contamination is persistent
Environmental liabilities with:
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European Commission :
Risks for human health
Threat to groundwater resources
 2006: (est.) 3.5 million potentially contaminated sites in EU-25
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Contaminated soil as a global concern (2)
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The largest and most affected areas are currently located in North-Western Europe
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A number of industries were more prone to create soil pollution:
Problem owners
Oil
Gas
Mining
Power
Chemical
Steel
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Sources of contamination from public activities are important as well (e.g. military)
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The public sector has also taken over liabilities in case the polluter can no longer be held
accountable
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Size soil remediation market
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EU-25 in 2004:
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5.2 billion EUR
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double-digit growth rates over the last years
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big regional differences (especially visible per capita)
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Source: Ernst & Young, 2006, Study on Eco-industry, its size, employment, perspectives and barriers to growth in an enlarged EU
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Perspective of further market growth
Ever stricter
regulatory
frameworks and
policies
High demand
for land
Important
Market Drivers
Corporate
responsibilities
and elements of
value
Public Awareness that soil contamination is an issue to be dealt with
Illustrative : specific
initiatives by
International Institutions
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Number of sites
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Activities causing soil pollution
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Private vs public funding
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Breakdown of industrial and commercial
activities causing local soil contamination
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%tage GDP spent on soil remediation
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Investments in soil remediation
Average: 12 EUR/year/capita (0.07% of
GDP)
 0.2 to 20 EUR/yr/capita
 60% remediation
 40% investigation
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EU Budget: 2.25b€ 2005-2013
(Framework Structural funds)
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Unitary costs (caution,...)
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Site investigation
500 to 50.000 €
 Except Austria (>50K€)
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Site remediation
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No valid data available
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Remediation Technologies
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Brownfields
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Data on the redevelopment of brownfields are patchy
and hardly comparable, reflecting the lack of a common
definition of the problem across Europe
Luxembourg 30 ha/day in 2006
United Kingdom, targets established to minimise the
consumption of greenfield sites and the recycling of land
is regularly monitored. The percentage of new
developments on previously developed land exceeded
60% in 2003, while the share of new dwellings arising
from building on previously developed areas or through
the conversion of existing buildings increased from 54%
to 73% in the period 1990-2005.
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Brownfields (cont’d)
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Austria: the number of brownfield sites is in the range of 3.0006.000, covering an area between 8.000 and 13.000 ha. According to
estimates based on their previous use, about 85% of the industrial
brownfield sites present no or little contamination and could be
revitalised and reused without public funding for remediation.
Considering an increase of industrial brownfield sites of about 3 ha
per day, about a quarter of the annual land requirement for housing
and economic activities could be saved by reconverting brownfield
sites to a productive use.
Germany: the average daily greenfield consumption was 93 ha in
2003, 80% of which was used for human settlements. Germany has
a target to reduce the consumption of greenfield sites to 30 ha per
day by 2020.
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