Remediation of hazardous waste sites

Hazardous waste sites may pose a direct risk for human health and indirectly influence human well-being via groundwater contamination and other releases. There is a vast number of types of waste sites, reflecting the industrial acticities from which they result. Depending on these types and the sizes of the sites, there is the need for different approaches with respect to risk mitigation. Consequently, there is also a choice of technologies available, each having advantages over for certain applications.