Remediation
Environmental Perspective
Physical Remediation "Soil Flushing"
Recovers soil from contaminants
Disturbances in Ecosystems
Declines health of ecosystems
Disrupts environment
Does more damage than protection
Bioremediation
Hard to Contole
Animals eat toxic plants/microogranisms
Plants/microogranimsms grow in undesired areas
Great for the Environment
Non-Disruptive
No use of chemicals
Recyclable
Eco-friendly
Chemical Remediation
Soil Leaching
Removes salt through irrigation
Limits seed's ability to germinate
Affects crop yield and plant growth
Soil Oxidation
Transfer of electrons from compounds to oxidize soil
Chemically converts toxic and dangerous contaminants/chemicals to less hazardous
Solidification/Stabilization
Use of greener materials (magnese) could make S/S more environment friendly
Limits the release of Hazardous chemicals
Economic Perspective
Physical Remediation
Only accessible to first world counties
Uses many difficult to come by materials
Requirements to preform this task are vigorous
Very costly and time consuming
Disrupts economic opportunities
Market will decline in product from effects to food chain
Negatively affects famers production due to corrupted ecosystems
Lack of resources available
Bioremediation
Cheap
Requires no material
Little, if not any assistance
Does not take any time away from jobs
Intoxication of animals
Affects the food chain
Lower crop yields
Affects economic well being of humans through inability to make money off of the crops
Chemical Remediation
Soil Leaching/Oxidation
Limits types and qualities of plants
No production or profit from farmers and markets
Stabilization/Solidification
Accessible to third world countries
Cheap
Little, inexpensive materials required
Insufficient
With cement binder, the S/S can be mad more durable, last longer and be more effective
Social Perspective
Bioremediation
Cannot control
Spread of toxins through food chain and into humans
Cannot preform job very effectively
Not reliable
Microorganisms could get eaten
Plants may not survive in different environments
Requires barely any involvement from humans
Not time consuming
requires no materials or hard work
Chemical Remediation
Soil Leaching/Oxidation
Lack of Food and nutrients
Due to the damage to soil caused by leaching, plants and organisms will have trouble flourishing, growing and germinating
No plant or food production or profit form markets or famers
Humans's health will suffer due to the hit in the food chain, and the inability to find sufficient nutrients
Stabilization/Solidification
With using stabilizing agents, the health of the soil can be improved
Crops will flourish will healthier soil
Humans will therefore have the food and nutrients required to stay healthy
Healthy soil will improve air quality through the production of trees and plants
Physical Remediation
Hard to achieve
Uses lots of materials
Time consuming
Hard work
Affects the food chain
The food chain becomes corrupted to due land corrosion, which affects the health of humans, due to the deficiency of healthy plants, animals and nutrients
Human health and existence will therefore decline
Disrupts farmi
Grade 11 Student
Physical Remediation
Contributes to Climate change
As soil flushing does more harm to the environment than good, students in the future will be in a worse place and experience the worsening effects climate change
Physical remediation disrupts land and ecosystems, causing future generations to experience traumatic earth defects and lack of healthy harvesting land and soil
With damage to ecosystems, the food chain will be severely affected which will eventually cause humans to decline in health
Bioremediation
Learning more about microbial through future years of school, will enhance improvement and understanding of the plants and microorganisms
Learn how to maintain them properly
Better assist the plants to preform the task more sufficiently
Not a sufficient technique
Plants will not be enough to fix climate change, which will greatly impact students in the future
Chemical Remediation
Stabilization/Solidification
with help and much research from students and future scientists, improvements can be made to the technology to make it more efficient, durable and better for the environment
Help reduce climate change
Better air, food and life quality for future students
Soil leaching and Oxidation
Long term bad effects
Will contribute to a changing environment in the future, putting students and humans at risk
Difficulty in having the right nutrients needed to survive down the road
A temporary solution
Students can see that ridding the soil of contaminants is a very good temporary method of cleansing our earth