What Is Soil Remediation?
Soil remediation encompasses various processes aimed at decontaminating soil. The ultimate goal is to treat contaminated soil by removing or converting pollutants into less harmful forms.
Some of the pollutants soil remediation addresses include heavy metals, cyanides, semi-volatiles, pesticides.
How Soil becomes polluted
Man-made chemicals (petroleum hydrocarbons, pesticides, lead, and other heavy metals) cause soil contamination (pollution), leading to land remediation. Soil contamination occurs for many reasons, for example:
