Geneva, 9 March 1999
ECE/TRADE/99/3
DECONTAMINATING
POLLUTED SITES
A UN/ECE Seminar
in association with Interchimie'99
13-15 April 1999
in Paris / Villepinte (France)
Areas containing remains of old
chemical plants, spills of toxic metals, and other contaminants
are being identified more and more frequently throughout Europe.
In fact more than 6000 sites are in need of decontamination.
During the last three years some 200 of them have been cleaned up
using new technologies, and the sites are being used for a wide
variety of applications.
Part of the site of the recent
Expo'98 in Lisbon, for example, was formerly a
chemical refinery which had leaked a number of toxic chemicals
into the soil; this site was cleaned for the Exhibition, and now
a housing development is under construction there. A former paint
factory site near Paris has been completely decontaminated and a
new chemical facility for pharmaceuticals constructed on the old
land. Numerous wasteland sites in eastern and central Europe are
now being decontaminated, in part thanks to a programme launched
by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE).
As part of this practical
down-to-earth programme, the UN/ECE, in association with
Interchimie'99 of France, is organizing a Seminar
on Analysis, Methodology of Treatment and Remediation of
Contaminated Soils, which will take place on
13-15 April 1999 at the Parc des Expositions de
Paris-Nord at Paris/Villepinte. Over 80 papers from more than a
dozen countries will be presented during the seminar, which will
be held in English, French and Russian.
For further details
please contact:
Mr. Howard Hornfeld
Trade Division
United Nations Economic
Commission
for Europe (UN/ECE) F -
92400 Courbevoie
Palais des Nations, Room
429-3
CH - 1211 Geneva 10,
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 917 3254
Fax: +41 22 917 0178
E-mail: [email protected]
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Mr. Vincent Limousin
Interchimie'99
39/41, rue
Louis-BlancFrance
Tel: +33 1 47 17 62 91
Fax: +33 1 47 17 63 65
E-mail: [email protected]