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Targeting cleanups towards a more sustainable future
1School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. houdeyi@tsinghua.edu.cn.
Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts
|January 13, 2018
Summary
Balancing environmental protection with cleanup side-effects is crucial. This study quantifies environmental, social, and economic impacts to optimize cleanup standards for sustainable remediation.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Science
- Risk Assessment
- Environmental Policy
Background:
- Societal protection from environmental pollution conflicts with potential harm from cleanup activities.
- Remediation efforts face challenges in balancing protective goals with unintended consequences.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore and quantify the environmental, social, and economic side-effects of different remediation cleanup standards.
- To integrate quantified side-effects into cleanup target setting for improved risk management.
Main Methods:
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for secondary environmental impacts.
- Actuarial Risk Analysis for fatalities and injuries.
- Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER) for cost-effectiveness of stringent standards.
Main Results:
- Different cleanup standards yield varying environmental, social, and economic side-effects.
- Quantification methods (LCA, actuarial analysis, ICER) provide metrics for evaluating these side-effects.
- Integration of quantified side-effects with Health Risk Assessment (HRA) is proposed for optimal standard setting.
Conclusions:
- Optimal cleanup standards require integrating quantified remediation side-effects with HRA.
- The Green and Sustainable Remediation (GSR) movement can maximize its potential through this integrated approach.
- Holistic risk management using these combined approaches promotes a more sustainable future.
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