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Published: 29 May 2018 in Sustainability
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Sustainability considerations have become widely recognised in contaminated land management and are now accepted as an important component of remediation planning and implementation around the world. The Sustainable Remediation Forum for the UK (SuRF-UK) published guidance on sustainability criteria for consideration in drawing up (or framing) assessments, organised across 15 “headline” categories, five for the environment element of sustainability, five for the social, and five for the economic. This paper describes how the SuRF-UK indicator guidance was developed, and the rationale behind its structure and approach. It describes its use in remediation option appraisal in the UK, and reviews the international papers that have applied or reviewed it. It then reviews the lessons learned from its initial use and the opinions and findings of international commentators, and concludes with recommendations on how the indicator categories might be further refined in the future. The key findings of this review are that the SuRF-UK framework and indicator guidance is well adopted into practice in the UK. It is widely recognised as the most appropriate mechanism to support sustainability-based decision making in contaminated land decision making. It has influenced the development of other national and international guidance and standards on sustainable remediation. However, there is room for some fine tuning of approach based on the lessons learned during its application.

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R. Bardos; Hayley Thomas; Jonathan Smith; Nicola Harries; Frank Evans; Richard Boyle; Trevor Howard; Richard Lewis; Alan Thomas; Angela Haslam. The Development and Use of Sustainability Criteria in SuRF-UK’s Sustainable Remediation Framework. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1781 .

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R. Bardos, Hayley Thomas, Jonathan Smith, Nicola Harries, Frank Evans, Richard Boyle, Trevor Howard, Richard Lewis, Alan Thomas, Angela Haslam. The Development and Use of Sustainability Criteria in SuRF-UK’s Sustainable Remediation Framework. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (6):1781.

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R. Bardos; Hayley Thomas; Jonathan Smith; Nicola Harries; Frank Evans; Richard Boyle; Trevor Howard; Richard Lewis; Alan Thomas; Angela Haslam. 2018. "The Development and Use of Sustainability Criteria in SuRF-UK’s Sustainable Remediation Framework." Sustainability 10, no. 6: 1781.

Journal article
Published: 01 April 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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A deliberate expert-based scenario approach is applied to better understand the likely determinants of the evolution of the market for nanoparticles use in remediation in Europe until 2025. An initial set of factors had been obtained from a literature review and was complemented by a workshop and key-informant interviews. In further expert engaging formats - focus groups, workshops, conferences, surveys - this initial set of factors was condensed and engaged experts scored the factors regarding their importance for being likely to influence the market development. An interaction matrix was obtained identifying the factors being most active in shaping the market development in Europe by 2025, namely "Science-Policy-Interface" and "Validated information on nanoparticle application potential". Based on these, potential scenarios were determined and development of factors discussed. Conclusions are offered on achievable interventions to enhance nanoremediation deployment.

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Stephan Bartke; Nina Hagemann; Nicola Harries; Jennifer Hauck; Paul Bardos. Market potential of nanoremediation in Europe – Market drivers and interventions identified in a deliberative scenario approach. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 619-620, 1040 -1048.

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Stephan Bartke, Nina Hagemann, Nicola Harries, Jennifer Hauck, Paul Bardos. Market potential of nanoremediation in Europe – Market drivers and interventions identified in a deliberative scenario approach. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 619-620 ():1040-1048.

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Stephan Bartke; Nina Hagemann; Nicola Harries; Jennifer Hauck; Paul Bardos. 2018. "Market potential of nanoremediation in Europe – Market drivers and interventions identified in a deliberative scenario approach." Science of The Total Environment 619-620, no. : 1040-1048.

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Published: 01 September 2016 in Science of The Total Environment
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The scale of land-contamination problems, and of the responses to them, makes achieving sustainability in contaminated land remediation an important objective. The Sustainable Remediation Forum in the UK (SuRF-UK) was established in 2007 to support more sustainable remediation practice in the UK. The current international interest in ‘sustainable remediation’ has achieved a fairly rapid consensus on concepts, descriptions and definitions for sustainable remediation, which are now being incorporated into an ISO standard. However the sustainability assessment methods being used remain diverse with a range of (mainly) semi-quantitative and quantitative approaches and tools developed, or in development. Sustainability assessment is site specific and subjective. It depends on the inclusion of a wide range of considerations across different stakeholder perspectives. Taking a tiered approach to sustainability assessment offers important advantages, starting from a qualitative assessment and moving through to semi-quantitative and quantitative assessments on an ‘as required’ basis only. It is also clear that there are a number of ‘easy wins’ that could improve performance against sustainability criteria right across the site management process. SuRF-UK has provided a checklist of ‘sustainable management practices’ that describes some of these. This paper provides the rationale for, and an outline of, and recently published SuRF-UK guidance on preparing for and framing sustainability assessments; carrying out qualitative sustainability assessment; and simple good management practices to improve sustainability across contaminated land management activities.

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R. Paul Bardos; Brian D. Bone; Richard Boyle; Frank Evans; Nicola D. Harries; Trevor Howard; Jonathan W.N. Smith. The rationale for simple approaches for sustainability assessment and management in contaminated land practice. Science of The Total Environment 2016, 563-564, 755 -768.

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R. Paul Bardos, Brian D. Bone, Richard Boyle, Frank Evans, Nicola D. Harries, Trevor Howard, Jonathan W.N. Smith. The rationale for simple approaches for sustainability assessment and management in contaminated land practice. Science of The Total Environment. 2016; 563-564 ():755-768.

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R. Paul Bardos; Brian D. Bone; Richard Boyle; Frank Evans; Nicola D. Harries; Trevor Howard; Jonathan W.N. Smith. 2016. "The rationale for simple approaches for sustainability assessment and management in contaminated land practice." Science of The Total Environment 563-564, no. : 755-768.

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Published: 08 March 2011 in Remediation Journal
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In the past decade, management of historically contaminated land has largely been based on prevention of unacceptable risks to human health and the environment, to ensure a site is “fit for use.” More recently, interest has been shown in including sustainability as a decision‐making criterion. Sustainability concerns include the environmental, social, and economic consequences of risk management activities themselves, and also the opportunities for wider benefit beyond achievement of risk‐reduction goals alone. In the United Kingdom, this interest has led to the formation of a multistakeholder initiative, the UK Sustainable Remediation Forum (SuRF‐UK). This article presents a framework for assessing “sustainable remediation”; describes how it links with the relevant regulatory guidance; reviews the factors considered in sustainability; and looks at the appraisal tools that have been applied to evaluate the wider benefits and impacts of land remediation. The article also describes how the framework relates to recent international developments, including emerging European Union legislation and policy. A large part of this debate has taken place in the “grey” literature, which we review. It is proposed that a practical approach to integrating sustainability within risk‐based contaminated land management offers the possibility of a substantial step forward for the remediation industry, and a new opportunity for international consensus.

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Paul Bardos; Brian Bone; Richard Boyle; Dave Ellis; Frank Evans; Nicola D. Harries; Jonathan W. N. Smith. Applying sustainable development principles to contaminated land management using the SuRF-UK framework. Remediation Journal 2011, 21, 77 -100.

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Paul Bardos, Brian Bone, Richard Boyle, Dave Ellis, Frank Evans, Nicola D. Harries, Jonathan W. N. Smith. Applying sustainable development principles to contaminated land management using the SuRF-UK framework. Remediation Journal. 2011; 21 (2):77-100.

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Paul Bardos; Brian Bone; Richard Boyle; Dave Ellis; Frank Evans; Nicola D. Harries; Jonathan W. N. Smith. 2011. "Applying sustainable development principles to contaminated land management using the SuRF-UK framework." Remediation Journal 21, no. 2: 77-100.