CONTEXT

Environmental preoccupations with respect to contaminated soils have taken a long time to be addressed. However, during the past decade, this aspect has become an important issue with respect to industrial activities where previously production and profitability objectives discarded the need for an ecological management of these residues.

The introduction of new technologies on decontamination, especially biotechnologies, created a new era such that research and commercial activities on the enhanced value of contaminated soil are now not to be ignored. In fact, the regulations of the ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs (ministry of sustainable development, environment and parks) now require soils to be subject to treatment when technology exists. It is with these environmental challenges in mind that the Montreal Center of Excellence in Brownfields Rehabilitation (MCEBR) was created, whose mission is to stimulate and support technological innovation in the field of decontamination of sites and to promote the industry's expertise in this area.

Inspired by these changes, Décontam wants to be part of and contribute to all the opportunities associated therewith.