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 ===Footprint Analysis Tools and Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) Tools===
-<onlyinclude>Footprint analysis and LCA tools are used to assess the environmental footprint of different remediation alternatives or design configurations by calculating environmental, risk, and sometimes social metrics.</onlyinclude>
+Footprint analysis and LCA tools are used to assess the environmental footprint of different remediation alternatives or design configurations by calculating environmental, risk, and sometimes social metrics.
 Footprint analysis tools are primarily focused on estimating life cycle impacts associated with remediation project elements that contribute greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, particulate matter, and energy. Some tools include other metrics such as occupational risk and resource service.
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 LCA tools are more comprehensive and consider hundreds of project inputs and outputs, including natural resources, materials, processes, chemicals, transportation, and waste management. The more robust datasets available in LCA software allow impacts to air, soil, and water to be considered and for those impacts to be reported in terms of their environmental impact. Example of impact categories addressed with LCA include global warming potential, smog (negative health and aesthetics), acidification (impacts on soil and water as well as buildings and monuments), eutrophication (nutrients discharged to surface water), fossil fuel depletion (measure of impacts related to using depleting fossil fuel resources), and carcinogens, non-carcinogens, and ecotoxicity (discharged to air, soil, and surface water).
 The benefits and differences of footprint analysis and LCA tools is well documented<ref>Favara, P.J., Krieger, T.M., Boughton, B., Fisher, A.S., Bhargava, M., 2011. Guidance for performing footprint analyses and life‐cycle assessments for the remediation industry. Remediation Journal, 21(3), 39-79. [https://doi.org/10.1002/rem.20289 doi: 10.1002/rem.20289]</ref><ref name= "ESTCP2013"/><ref>The Sustainable Remediation Forum (SURF), 2016. Tools and Calculators. [http://www.sustainableremediation.org/tools Sustainable Remediation Tools]</ref>.
 ===Best Management Practices (BMPs)===

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 There are a number of approaches that can be used to implement sustainable remediation. </onlyinclude>Frameworks underpin most of these approaches.
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-Sustainable remediation can be implemented in a phased approach, where sustainability is looked at only within the boundaries of the specific project phase</onlyinclude> (left side, Figure 1)<onlyinclude>. SURF provides a framework that advocates thinking holistically about sustainability and integration of sustainability through time; backward to take insights from previous project phases, and forward by thinking about future project outcomes and considering those sustainability impacts in the current project phase</onlyinclude><ref name= "Holland2011">Holland, K.S., Lewis, R.E., Tipton, K., Karnis, S., Dona, C., Petrovskis, E., Bull, L.P., Taege, D., Hook, C., 2011. Framework for integrating sustainability into remediation projects. Remediation Journal, 21(3), 7-38. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rem.20288  doi: 10.1002/rem.20288 ]</ref>.
+Sustainable remediation can be implemented in a phased approach, where sustainability is looked at only within the boundaries of the specific project phase</onlyinclude> (left side, Figure 1)<onlyinclude>. SURF provides a framework that advocates thinking holistically about sustainability and integration of sustainability through time; backward to take insights from previous project phases, and forward by thinking about future project outcomes and considering those sustainability impacts in the current project phase</onlyinclude><ref name= "Holland2011">Holland, K.S., Lewis, R.E., Tipton, K., Karnis, S., Dona, C., Petrovskis, E., Bull, L.P., Taege, D., Hook, C., 2011. Framework for integrating sustainability into remediation projects. Remediation Journal, 21(3), 7-38. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rem.20288  doi: 10.1002/rem.20288 ]</ref><onlyinclude>. </onlyinclude>
 [[File:Favara-Article 1-Figure 1-Exhibit-2.jpg|500px|thumbnail|center|Figure 1. Comparison of linear versus holistic approach to integrating sustainability into projects (used with permissions from &copy; John Wiley and Sons<ref name= "Holland2011"/>).]]
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 There are a number of approaches that can be used to implement sustainable remediation. </onlyinclude>Frameworks underpin most of these approaches.
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-Sustainable remediation can be implemented in a phased approach, where sustainability is looked at only within the boundaries of the specific project phase</onlyinclude> (left side, Fig. 1)<onlyinclude>. SURF provides a framework that advocates thinking holistically about sustainability and integration of sustainability through time; backward to take insights from previous project phases, and forward by thinking about future project outcomes and considering those sustainability impacts in the current project phase</onlyinclude><ref name= "Holland2011">Holland, K.S., Lewis, R.E., Tipton, K., Karnis, S., Dona, C., Petrovskis, E., Bull, L.P., Taege, D., Hook, C., 2011. Framework for integrating sustainability into remediation projects. Remediation Journal, 21(3), 7-38. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rem.20288  doi: 10.1002/rem.20288 ]</ref>.
+Sustainable remediation can be implemented in a phased approach, where sustainability is looked at only within the boundaries of the specific project phase</onlyinclude> (left side, Figure 1)<onlyinclude>. SURF provides a framework that advocates thinking holistically about sustainability and integration of sustainability through time; backward to take insights from previous project phases, and forward by thinking about future project outcomes and considering those sustainability impacts in the current project phase</onlyinclude><ref name= "Holland2011">Holland, K.S., Lewis, R.E., Tipton, K., Karnis, S., Dona, C., Petrovskis, E., Bull, L.P., Taege, D., Hook, C., 2011. Framework for integrating sustainability into remediation projects. Remediation Journal, 21(3), 7-38. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rem.20288  doi: 10.1002/rem.20288 ]</ref>.
 [[File:Favara-Article 1-Figure 1-Exhibit-2.jpg|500px|thumbnail|center|Figure 1. Comparison of linear versus holistic approach to integrating sustainability into projects (used with permissions from &copy; John Wiley and Sons<ref name= "Holland2011"/>).]]
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-Another example framework is the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) [https://doi.org/10.1520/e2893-16e01 Greener Cleanup standard], which identifies opportunities to implement best management practices (BMPs) and quantitative assessments (e.g., footprint analysis or life-cycle assessment [LCA]) in different phases of the project life cycle (Fig. 2).
+Another example framework is the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) [https://doi.org/10.1520/e2893-16e01 Greener Cleanup standard], which identifies opportunities to implement best management practices (BMPs) and quantitative assessments (e.g., footprint analysis or life-cycle assessment [LCA]) in different phases of the project life cycle</onlyinclude> (Figure 2)<onlyinclude>. </onlyinclude>
 [[File:Favara-Article 1-Figure 2.PNG|thumbnail|500 px|center|Figure 2. Life-cycle phases of remediation projects and where footprint assessments and LCAs can be implemented<ref name= "ASTM2016">American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), 2016. Standard guide for greener cleanups. ASTM E2893-16. [https://doi.org/10.1520/e2893-16 doi:10.1520/E2893-16]</ref>. Reprinted, with permission from E2893-16, Standard Guide for Greener Cleanups, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428 (copy of the complete standard may be obtained from [http://www.astm.org/ ASTM International]).]]
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 ===Footprint Analysis Tools and Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) Tools===
-Footprint analysis and LCA tools are used to assess the environmental footprint of different remediation alternatives or design configurations by calculating environmental, risk, and sometimes social metrics.
+<onlyinclude>Footprint analysis and LCA tools are used to assess the environmental footprint of different remediation alternatives or design configurations by calculating environmental, risk, and sometimes social metrics.</onlyinclude>
 Footprint analysis tools are primarily focused on estimating life cycle impacts associated with remediation project elements that contribute greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, particulate matter, and energy. Some tools include other metrics such as occupational risk and resource service.
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 ===Minimalist===
-Some project teams use a minimalist approach that may involve highlighting a project attribute as sustainable, or including some brainstorming recommendations for BMPs. When sustainable remediation first started, this was sometimes referred to as “green washing”, because it involved business as usual by saying something was sustainable. Minimalist approaches can be sustainable if they provide value and make the most sense for small projects that are repeated a number of times (e.g., small excavation or in situ bioremediation projects).
+Some project teams use a minimalist approach that may involve highlighting a project attribute as sustainable, or including some brainstorming recommendations for BMPs. When sustainable remediation first started, this was sometimes referred to as “green washing”, because it involved business as usual by saying something was sustainable. Minimalist approaches can be sustainable if they provide value and make the most sense for small projects that are repeated a number of times (e.g., small excavation or ''in situ'' bioremediation projects).
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 ==The Future of Sustainable Remediation==
-To some practitioners, sustainable remediation is considered an already studied focus area offering limited returns for further investigation. However, there is a network of sustainable remediation organizations such as SURF in the US as well as other countries including Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and UK, and also the Network of Industrially Contaminated Lands in Europe (NICOLE), that continue to push the boundaries of sustainable remediation and present new ideas and approaches to implementing sustainable remediation. Examples include evaluating greener and more sustainable treatment reagents, focusing more on the social aspect of sustainable remediation, and integrating groundwater conservation into remediation projects.
+To some practitioners, sustainable remediation is considered an already studied focus area offering limited returns from further investigation. However, there is a network of sustainable remediation organizations such as SURF in the US as well as other countries including Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Taiwan, and the UK, and also the Network of Industrially Contaminated Lands in Europe (NICOLE), that continue to push the boundaries of sustainable remediation and present new ideas and approaches to implementing sustainable remediation. Examples include evaluating greener and more sustainable treatment reagents, focusing more on the social aspect of sustainable remediation, and integrating groundwater conservation into remediation projects.
 ==References==

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-Sustainable remediation involves evaluating remediation projects for their social, economic, and positive vs. negative environmental impacts. This key concept of incorporating sustainability into remediation projects is beneficial because system level and holistic thinking helps to: (a) identify opportunities to improve the net benefit of the project, and (b) highlight specific negative project impacts that can be mitigated to limit their adverse socio-economic and environmental impacts. Project-level application of sustainable remediation is scalable and can involve a minimal approach on one project and can be more comprehensive on another project.
+<onlyinclude>Sustainable remediation refers to evaluating remediation projects for their social, economic, and positive and negative environmental impacts.</onlyinclude> This key concept of incorporating sustainability into remediation projects is beneficial because system level and holistic thinking helps to: (a) identify opportunities to improve the net benefit of the project, and (b) highlight specific negative project impacts that can be mitigated to limit their adverse socio-economic and environmental impacts.<onlyinclude> Project-level application of sustainable remediation is scalable and can involve a minimal approach on one project and can be more comprehensive on another project.</onlyinclude>
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 '''CONTRIBUTOR(S):''' [[Paul Favara]]
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 #'''Green and Sustainable Remediation (GSR)'''. In 2011, the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC) released its guidance on GSR<ref name= "ITRC2011"/>. The GSR phrase was a compromise between the members of the work groups that advocated green remediation and sustainable remediation.
-Since sustainable remediation first became a topic of interest in the remediation industry, it has spread around the globe with SURF-like organizations in Canada, Brazil, Italy, United Kingdom, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Colombia, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Most of these organizations have their own guidance documents and white papers. In addition to the variable definitions and different geographies to consider, different organizations have their own definitions of sustainable remediation and internal processes and guidance on how to implement it.
+<onlyinclude>Since sustainable remediation first became a topic of interest in the remediation industry, it has spread around the globe with organizations similar to The Sustainable Remediation Forum (SURF) in Canada, Brazil, Italy, United Kingdom, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Colombia, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Most of these organizations have their own guidance documents and white papers. </onlyinclude>In addition to the variable definitions and different geographies to consider, different organizations have their own definitions of sustainable remediation and internal processes and guidance on how to implement it.
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 ==Implementation Frameworks==
-There are a number of approaches that can be used to implement sustainable remediation. Frameworks underpin most of these approaches.
+There are a number of approaches that can be used to implement sustainable remediation. </onlyinclude>Frameworks underpin most of these approaches.
+<onlyinclude>
-Sustainable remediation can be implemented in a phased approach, where sustainability is looked at only within the boundaries of the specific project phase (left side, Fig. 1). SURF provides a framework that advocates thinking holistically about sustainability and integration of sustainability through time; backward to take insights from previous project phases, and forward by thinking about future project outcomes and considering those sustainability impacts in the current project phase<ref name= "Holland2011">Holland, K.S., Lewis, R.E., Tipton, K., Karnis, S., Dona, C., Petrovskis, E., Bull, L.P., Taege, D., Hook, C., 2011. Framework for integrating sustainability into remediation projects. Remediation Journal, 21(3), 7-38. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rem.20288  doi: 10.1002/rem.20288 ]</ref>.
+Sustainable remediation can be implemented in a phased approach, where sustainability is looked at only within the boundaries of the specific project phase</onlyinclude> (left side, Fig. 1)<onlyinclude>. SURF provides a framework that advocates thinking holistically about sustainability and integration of sustainability through time; backward to take insights from previous project phases, and forward by thinking about future project outcomes and considering those sustainability impacts in the current project phase</onlyinclude><ref name= "Holland2011">Holland, K.S., Lewis, R.E., Tipton, K., Karnis, S., Dona, C., Petrovskis, E., Bull, L.P., Taege, D., Hook, C., 2011. Framework for integrating sustainability into remediation projects. Remediation Journal, 21(3), 7-38. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rem.20288  doi: 10.1002/rem.20288 ]</ref>.
 [[File:Favara-Article 1-Figure 1-Exhibit-2.jpg|500px|thumbnail|center|Figure 1. Comparison of linear versus holistic approach to integrating sustainability into projects (used with permissions from &copy; John Wiley and Sons<ref name= "Holland2011"/>).]]

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