London 2012 blog

I work on the north of the Olympic Park and our team runs two soil washing machines. The machines are helping to clean up contaminated soil (mostly from the previous industrial use of the area) so that it can reused in the creation of the Park.

Across the site, soil has been tested for a range of contamination, which consists mostly of hydrocarbons such as petrol and oil. Samples of contaminated soil are tested in an on-site lab to measure the levels of contamination and to establish the appropriate treatment. The soil is then sent to our 'Soil Treatment Centre (STC)'.

Soil washing on the Olympic Park:

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