Innovative and sustainable strategies for contaminated sites remediation: evolutions in national and international applied research

The session "Sustainable strategies for the remediation of polluted sites: developments in national and international applied research", which will be held on November 6th as part of Ecomondo 2025, presents a broad overview of the most recent developments in applied research, with particular attention to the integration between biotechnological approaches, in situ technologies and tools for sustainable environmental remediation management.

The first part of the session will be dedicated to the presentation of the European cluster ALL4BIOREM, with three projects addressing the topic of systemic bioremediation of contaminated habitats, synergistic integration for mixed pollutant removal and circular solutions for environmental sustainability. Following this, several national and international case studies will illustrate the application of innovative technologies such as combined injection of ISCR, oxygen and surfactants, advanced biomolecular characterization for chlorinated solvent decontamination, full-scale applications of ERD and ISCO technologies, as well as solutions for PFAS contamination remediation in high-concentration source areas.

Multidisciplinary initiatives that combine remediation with urban regeneration, the use of waste materials in in situ treatments, soil mixing techniques, and tools for regulatory framework and sustainable reuse of brownfield sites will also be presented. The session will conclude with examples of Nature-Based Solutions, high-resolution monitoring, and proposals for defining operational guidelines.

Alongside the oral presentations, a rich poster session will enrich the program, including over twenty contributions regarding operational experiences in Sites of National Interest (SIN), new technologies for aquifer treatment, circular and sustainable approaches to waste and contaminated materials management, the use of biochar and innovative biosorbents, and digital tools for monitoring and managing contaminated sites.

Session Chairs

Marco Petrangeli Papini, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
Donatella Giacopetti, UNEM
Fabio Pascarella, ISPRA

Program

14.00-14.10 Greetings and introduction by the Session Chair and presentation of ALL4BIOREM cluster projects: structure and mission
Philippe Corvini, FHNW (CH)

14.10-14.20 ALL4BIOREM cluster projects
1) Symbiotic, circular bioremediation systems and biotechnology solutions for improved environmental, economic and social sustainability in pollution Control, Symbiorem
Leire Ruiz Rubio, University of the Basque Country, ES

14.20-14.30 ALL4BIOREM cluster projects
2) BIOremediation systems exploiting SYnergieS for improved removal of Mixed pollutants Biosysmo
Sara Gil Guerrero, Universidad de Burgos, ES

14.30-14.40 ALL4BIOREM cluster projects
3) New system-driven bioremediation of polluted habitats and environment
Nymphe, Giulio Zanaroli - University of Bologna

14.40-14.50 In situ burning of marine oil spills
Nicolas Kalogerakis (TU-Crete, Chania, Greece)

14.50-15.05 Case study: combination of different technologies (ISCR, micro-diffusion of O2 and surfactant injection) for groundwater remediation
Davide Calloni, Lorenzo Rabuffetti - HPC Italia S.r.l

15.05-15.20 Insights into the Bioremediation Potential of a Chlorinated Solvent-Contaminated Site: A Case Study of Comprehensive Biomonitoring and Development of a New Dechlorinating Culture
Matturro Bruna, Niccolini Luca, Vuagnin Giorgia, Deli Giorgia, Rossetti Simona - Water Research Institute of the National Research Council, IRSA-CNR, Rome, IT; Di Curzio Diego, Department of Geoscience, University of Padova, Padova, IT; Ottosen Cecilie F., Broholm Mette M. - Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Environmental Contamination & Chemicals, DTU, Denmark

15.20-15.35 Towards a territorial approach to remediation of diffuse solvent contamination in groundwater
Andrea Campioni, Ramboll Italy; Andrea Sconocchia, ARPA Umbria

15.35-15.50 Full-scale Application in Italy of an ERD Technology for the treatment of an Aquifer Impacted with Chlorocarbons near a salt pond ecosystem
Alberto Leombruni, Michael Mueller - Evonik Operations GmbH; Fayaz Lakhwala and Daniel Leigh, Evonik Corporation, LLC

15.50-16.05 The MIBIREM project for a legacy contaminant, the case of the hexachlorocyclyhexane
Simona Di Gregorio, Giacomo Bernabei, Giampiero De Simone - University of Pisa, Department of Biology, IT

16.05-16.20 ISCO technology applied with Soil Mixing method
Riccardo Crespi and Natale Pezzimenti - ENI Rewind

16.20-16.35 Innovative in situ remediation of PFAS-contaminated aquifers in high-concentration source areas – From applied research to field application
Mariangela Donati, Luca Basler - REGENESIS

16.35-16.50 AIA and Contaminated Sites: possible scenarios on the occasion of the cessation of activity and reference relation model
Paola Canepa, Nadia Tomasini - ARPA LOMBARDIA Technical Directorate Controls and Anthropic Risk Prevention

16.50-17.05 Robustness and resilience of a combined process, employing waste materials, for the remediation of TCE-contaminated aquifers
Micaela Abruzzese, Laura Lorini, Naima Blal, Marco Petrangeli Papini - University of Rome "La Sapienza", Bruna Matturro (IRSA – CNR)

17.05-17.20 Sustainable Approaches to Urban Regeneration – Innovative Management of Fill Materials
Andrea Gasperini, Marialuisa Cremonesi - Jacobs

17.20-17.35 GOCCIA (Green Opportunities to Clean-up Contaminants through an Interspecies Alliance): an open-air laboratory for the application of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in the context of urban regeneration
Massimiliano Baric, Tatiana Stella, Silvia Leoci - M3R-Monitoring and Management of Microbial Resources Srl, Milan; Gianluca Rapaccini, Stefano Zola - Terrapreta Srl, Milan; Laura Passatore, Massimo Zacchini, Isabel Nogues, Fabrizio Pietrini - Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Research Council, IRET-CNR, Montelibretti, RM

17.35-17.50 Guidelines for sustainable valorization of brownfield sites: an integrated approach for defining remediation and reuse strategies
Simone Gobber, Luca Piccapietra, Alessandra Russo, Paola Ceoloni - Stantec S.p.A.; Chiara Michelotti, Riccardo Puddu - Eni Rewind

17.50-18.05 High-resolution investigation technology MIP-OMS
Veronica Arduini, Luca Moresi, Claudio Carusi - Mares S.r.l.

18.05-18.20 Circular and participatory approach for the remediation of organochlorine contamination in Umbria's groundwater
Thomas De Luca, Umbria Region

Poster Session

1. INDAGINI SUI SITI CONTAMINATI IN CAMPANIA: L’ESPERIENZA DELLA TERRA DEI FUOCHI
Adriano Pistilli Responsabile Tecnico Gestione Rifiuti - Libero professionista

2. Bonifica del S.I.N. “Napoli Orientale”: a che punto siamo?
Adriano Pistilli Responsabile Tecnico Gestione Rifiuti - Libero professionista

3. BONIFICA DELL’EX S.I.N. LITORALE DOMITIO FLEGREO ED AGRO AVERSANO: A CHE PUNTO SIAMO?
Adriano Pistilli Responsabile Tecnico Gestione Rifiuti - Libero professionista

4. BONIFICA DELL’EX S.I.N. AREE DEL LITORALE VESUVIANO: A CHE PUNTO SIAMO?
Adriano Pistilli Responsabile Tecnico Gestione Rifiuti - Libero professionista

5. BONIFICA DELL’EX S.I.N. BACINO IDROGRAFICO DEL FIUME SARNO: A CHE PUNTO SIAMO?
Adriano Pistilli Responsabile Tecnico Gestione Rifiuti - Libero professionista

6. BONIFICA DELL’EX S.I.N. DI PIANURA: A CHE PUNTO SIAMO? 
Adriano Pistilli Responsabile Tecnico Gestione Rifiuti - Libero professionista

7. WASTE MANAGEMENT
Mokom Divine CHO, Divine Management and Services, Camerun

8. Utilizzo di reagenti gassosi per la bonifica e la messa in sicurezza di acquiferi contaminati: alcuni casi applicative 
Andrea Crema, Michela Peroni, Eleonora Pasinetti - SIAD SPA

9. Sustainable strategies for the remediation of polluted sites in oil industry in Algeria
Amina Tounssi, University of Algiers, Faculty of Economic and Commercial Sciences, Department of Financial and Accounting Sciences

10. ll S.I.N. della ex miniera di amianto di Balangero e Corio (Torino): bonifica e riqualificazione del sito 
Gian Luigi Soldi, Elisa Liliana Pugliaro, Giovanni Battista Poma, R.S.A. S.r.l. - Società a capitale interamente pubblico per il risanamento e lo sviluppo ambientale dell'ex miniera di amianto di Balangero e Corio, BALANGERO, TO

11. La piattaforma di monitoraggio in cloud per i siti contaminati
Parisi Davide, Almaviva

12. Processo combinato di adsorbimento biodegradazione per la bonifica di falde contaminate da solventi clorurati: un esempio di circolarità
Naima Blal, Marco Petrangeli Papini - Trireme Srl

13. L'importanza di una corretta modellizzazione geologica ed idrogeologica nell'ambito del risanamento ambientale - l'esempio della discarica di Malagrotta 
Andrea Pocher, Cesare De Bernardi, Biancamaria Cazzaniga, Marina Stoppa, Giulia Di Vincenzo, ARCADIS

14. Caso studio di bonifica terreni di un impianto metallurgico: sperimentazione di un trattamento combinato di soil washing e trattamenti mineralurgici
Alberto Mereu, Davide Calloni, Pier Paolo Manca - HPC Italia

15. Presentazione dell’elaborazione dei dati degli scarichi per la predisposizione del BREF STM
Nadia Tomasini, ARPA LOMBARDIA

16. Linee di indirizzo per il monitoraggio del suolo e delle acque sotterranee per le installazioni soggette ad AIA
Paola Canepa, Nadia Tomasini - ARPA LOMBARDIA, Direzione Tecnica Controlli e Prevenzione Rischio Antropico

17. Piano di monitoraggio e controllo tipo per le installazioni AIA soggette alla categoria 4. Industria chimica
Nadia Tomasini, ARPA LOMBARDIA, Direzione Tecnica Controlli e Prevenzione Rischio Antropico

18. Sustainable remediation of contaminated sites: the case study of the Mar Piccolo of Taranto
Francesco Cardellicchio, CNR-IMAA, Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale, Tito Scalo, PZ

19. Tecnologia di bonifica su solventi clorurati mediante applicazione di nanoremediation
Riccardo Crespi e Alessandro Ferrari, ENI Rewind

20. Biochar da residui legnosi: una strategia sostenibile per il recupero dei suoli degradati
Nicola Secchi, Eurovix Spa; Isabel Nogues, Laura Passatore, Massimo Zacchini, Fabrizio Pietrini, Serena Carloni - Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Research Council, Montelibretti; Eleonora Peruzzi, Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Research Counci, PISA; Sara Marinari, Department for Innovation in Biological, Agrofood and Forest systems, University of Tuscia; Luisa Massacesi, Institute for Agriculture and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean, National Research Council, Perugia; Valentina Mazzurco, Miritana, Department of Energy Technology and Renewables, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development

21. Innovative Biosorbent materials for PFAS removal from contaminated water
Marta Senofonte, Laura Lorini, Giulia Simonetti, Carmela Riccardi, Marco Petrangeli Papini - University of Rome "La Sapienza"

22. Framework per una gestione circolare e sostenibile degli interventi di bonifica per la valorizzazione delle tecnologie innovative
Giulia Meneghin, Petra Scanferla, Giorgia Di Carlo, Antonio Sellitri, Angela Bonfà - Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari; Silvia Anna Frisario - Eni Rewind