Last month, over 650 people from around the world attended the 8th International Sustainable Remediation Conference (SustRem2023) in Melbourne, Australia, to learn and share sustainable practices for managing contaminated sites. The conference was hosted by the Australasian Land &Groundwater Association (ALGA) and SuRF-Australia/New Zealand (SuRF-ANZ) and held in conjunction with ecoforum. The program included over 120 speakers (!), prompting lively discussions and thoughtful exchanges of ideas.

Don’t know about SustRem conferences? No worries. These sustainable remediation focused conferences are held annually around the world, coordinated by International Sustainable Remediation Alliance (ISRA) members such as CL:AIRE, NICOLE, NICOLA (Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Africa), and various SURF chapters worldwide.