The challenge of cleaning up contaminated land is brought into a new light given the national concern about land and housing shortages.
Co-contaminated soils are often the result of historical use of hazardous chemicals in old industrial precincts, or even natural disasters. Take Darwin as an example. Cyclone Tracy’s legacy includes thousands of tonnes of asbestos-contaminated waste from destroyed structures.
Numerous sites across Australia face similar complex contamination challenges – due to asbestos, heavy metals, PFAS, and legacy pesticides. The volume of this waste is significant and costly to the community.
Contaminated land pose risks to human health and it also prevents opportunities to reuse and develop land for more housing where it’s desperately needed.
Tellus is proud to partner with clients remediating and redeveloping contaminated land. With our large-scale solutions, we can solve the challenge of contaminated soil disposal quickly and efficiently.