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The increasing demand for bio-based fibres as substitutes for synthetic materials raises concerns about land-use competition with food production. One proposed solution is the cultivation of non-food fibre crops on marginal or brownfield land. This study evaluates the sustainability of cultivating stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.) for fibre production under poplar (Populus spp.) as a multifunctional land management strategy on brownfield and industrially impacted sites. . Find out more by reading this new paper by Paul Bardos 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. in Remediation
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Updated guidance for the investigation of land potentially affected by contamination has been published, reinforcing the UK’s framework for safe, sustainable land development. BS 10175:2026 will supersede BS 10175:2011 which will be withdrawn.
- Towards Harmonized Soil Monitoring in the EU: An Inventory of Existing International and European Standards
- Podcast guides on completing European Project Proposals
- BS 10175:2026 supersedes BS 10175:2011+A2:2017 Investigation of potentially contaminated sites – Code of practice
- New publication: Low input remediation techniques for contaminated site management
- UK Parliament briefing on management of legacy landfill sites
- UK government backtracks on landfill tax overhaul
- ISLANDR: Help us shape the future of land reuse and remediation practices - consultation
- A landfill tax could halt the vast amounts of healthy soil that are needlessly thrown away
- A World Without Lead: Paving the Path to a Healthy, Productive Future
- European Council and European Parliament reach provisional deal to update priority substances in surface and ground waters
- PFAS pollution trial results in prison terms for managers
- 17 UK airports recorded elevated levels of Pfas in the ground and surface water sample on their sites
- Management of legacy landfill pollution: UK parliament call for contributions
- National Brownfield Forum publishes Task and Finish Group Brownfield Policies Report
- Scottish Government and Scottish Environment Protection Agency adopt LCRM
- Regulation and remediation of ‘forever’ chemicals
- Consultation on Reform of Landfill Tax in England and Northern Ireland - closes 21 July 2025
- ISLANDR consultation on advancing Sustainable and Risk-Based Land Management (SRBLM) now available
- EUSO Soil Degradation Dashboard update
- Major U.S. EPA Actions to Combat PFAS Contamination Announced
- ‘Heavy metals’ contaminate 17% of the world’s croplands - new study
- Soil monitoring law: Council reaches deal with Parliament
- An independent review of Defra’s regulatory landscape now published
- BBC investigates testing of "high-risk" sites in the UK
- Toxic Town - Netflix's retelling of the Corby toxic waste case
- MHCLG updates February 2025
- EU Soil Strategy Action Tracker launched by EUSO
- UK consultation on "forever chemicals"
- Consultation and survey on the management of excavated soils - closing date now February 7, 2025
- Paul Bardos delighted to accept CL:AIRE 25th Anniversary award
- Sustainable Remediation and Decommissioning in Practice
- The state of soils in Europe, 2024
- Looking for European soil datasets? Try ESDAC.
- PFAS Litigation Summarised
- Feedback requested on persistent organic pollutants - UV-328
- US EPA Benefits Mapper - Renewable Energy Projects on Contaminated Lands
- EU soil protection law survives, but considerably weakened
- China: guidance document on green and low-carbon remediation
- Is brownfield land the answer to the housing crisis?
- European Parliament adopts nature restoration law