CleanUp 2017 is the seventh in the series
CleanUp 2017 is the seventh in the series
The International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference, held every two years in Australia, is a well-established event, as it attracts around 700 leading environmental scientists, regulators and practitioners from around the world (more than 20 countries were represented in 2015). The CleanUp conference series was initiated in 1996 under the banner of Soil Contamination Research Australasia Pacific (or ‘SCRAP’) and CleanUp 2017 in Melbourne will be the seventh in the series. In 2018, a CleanUp event is planned for Korea and the inaugural World CleanUp Congress is set to take place in India.
This year, CleanUp will also incorporate the first International PFAS Conference. PFAS (per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances) are contaminants of emerging concern, some of which – particularly perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) – have recently received prominent news coverage in Australia and the US. Found in some aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) used to fight fires, these chemicals seem to have contaminated areas in and around numerous fire-training facilities worldwide, including military bases and commercial airports, and have also been detected in some residential areas as well. Although they persist in the environment and bioaccumulate, they are widely used nowadays and can be found in nonstick cookware, waterproof and fire-resistant fabric, and food packaging. A range of health-effects has been linked to long-term exposure, so that relevant state and national legislation is under development in order to keep people safe.
CLEANUP 2017 THEMES
· Advanced methods for site characterization
· Advances in ecological and human health risk assessment
· Analytical aspects of assessment and remediation of contaminants
· Approaches to prevention of contamination
· Asbestos in soil (ASBINS)
· Assessment, remediation and management of volatiles
· Biochar and biochar-assisted remediation
· Bio-solids and their application in remediation
· Chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminated site assessment, remediation and management
· Fractured rocks
· Climate change and environmental remediation
· Contamination from chemical weapons and unexploded ordinances
· Dealing with mixed contamination
· Emerging contaminants
· Advances in environmental forensics
· Green and sustainable remediation
· Heavy metal contaminated sites (with a special focus on lead)
· Innovative in situ and ex situ remediation technologies
· Case studies including bottlenecks for remediation
· Per- and Poly-fluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) assessment, remediation and management
· Petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated site assessment, remediation and management
· Regulatory constraints for emerging contaminants
· Regulatory, legal, corporate and social issues
· Sediments remediation
· Coal fired power stations: managing emissions and wastes
· Mine voids
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