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BS 10175:2026 Investigation of potentially contaminated sites โ Code of practice is now published and effective from 31 January, 2026.
This is a full revision of the standard, and introduces the following principal changes:
- consolidation of Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 into the text;
- updating of external references to guidance and regulatory regimes;
- revision with regard to some technical and wider issues, including climate change and sustainability;
- insertion of Clause 4, which introduces various issues including sustainability, safety, wellbeing and welfare and personnel (more detail for some of these topics is provided in other parts of the text);
- division of the former Clause 5 into Clause 6 (Developing an investigation strategy) and Clause 7, Scope and application of investigations; and thorough revision of informative annexes: Annex A (Examples of site investigations), Annex B (Example investigation objectives and applications), Annex C (Health and safety in site investigations), Annex D (The assessment and control of sampling uncertainty), Annex E (Rapid field measurement methods), Annex F (Laboratory analysis), Annex G (Leaching tests), Annex H (What is soil?), Annex I (Permits and consents etc. required prior to site investigation), Annex J (Information available from national, regulatory and other selected bodies).
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A range of lower input remediation techniques exist that can manage risks more sustainably and potentially at a lower cost, allowing the treatment of stalled sites that are less economically feasible under current market conditions. Find out more by reading this new paper by Paul Bardos ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ. in ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ: ๐๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด
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The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology have published POSTnote 759, which outlines evidence on environmental risks from legacy landfill sites in England, related policy and regulation, remediation and reducing risks.
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