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Pioneering environmental project launched

A pioneering project designed to help clean up contaminated brownfield sites is being launched by the University of 海角直播.

The Bioremediation Programme will bring together the university鈥檚 specialists in environmental biotechnology to act as a consultancy for companies wishing to develop former industrial sites. The programme, part of the University鈥檚 Clean Environment Management Centre (CLEMANCE), will be launched at the University鈥檚 Centre for Enterprise in Victoria Road, Middlesbrough, on Wednesday 18th February at 10am.

Guests will be welcomed by Professor Graham Street, Director of CLEMANCE and the programme will be outlined by Dr Richard Lord, Bioremediation Project Manager. The guest speakers will be Phil Crowcroft, Director of environmental consultancy Entec UK Ltd, and Entec principal consultant Ian Evans, who will describe biotechnology, the scientific method on which the Bioremediation Programme will be based.

Funded by 拢281,000 from the European Regional Development Fund, 拢391,000 of public funding and 拢32,000 of private resources, the University programme is the next phase in developing CLEMANCE鈥橲 existing expertise.

Dr Lord, pictured, said: 鈥淭he Government is behind bioremediation because it is concerned about development swallowing up the green belt. Bioremediation actually destroys organic contaminants and so helps protect Greenfield sites by allowing the safe reuse of brownfield sites instead.

鈥淐ontamination of soils, groundwater, sediments, surface water and air with hazardous and toxic chemicals is one of the major problems facing industrial societies today and is a significant obstacle to the economic regeneration of the North-East. Bioremediation can address that."

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