Soil and Environmental Remediation

EcoCastulum is a leader on technology development aiming the solution of contaminated soils.

Soil remediation is a way of purifying and revitalizing the soil. It is the process of removing contaminants in order to protect both the health of the population and the environment. In short, the goal of the process is to restore the soil to its natural, pollution-free state.

EcoCastulum works and offers different vanguard remediation technologies for soil and environment:

Advanced phytoremediation technology:

Phytoremediation is an eco-friendly approach that could be a successful mitigation measure to revegetate heavy metal-polluted soil in a cost-effective way. Heavy metals are not degradable by any biological or physical process and are persistent in the soil for a long period, which pose a long-term threat for the environment.

Phytoremediation is a plant-based approach, which involves the use of plants to extract and remove elemental pollutants or lower their bioavailability in soil. Plants have the abilities to absorb ionic compounds in the soil even at low concentrations through their root system. Plants extend their root system into the soil matrix and establish a rhizosphere ecosystem to accumulate heavy metals and modulate their bioavailability, thereby reclaiming the polluted soil and stabilizing soil fertility.

Advantages of using phytoremediation EcoCastulum technology:

Economically feasible—low cost of installation and maintenance.
Environment and eco-friendly: it can reduce exposure of the pollutants to the environment and ecosystem.
Wide range of applications for contaminated environments.
Positive side effects since it can also improve soil fertility by releasing various organic matters to the soil.

EcoCastulum uses different ad-hoc designed plant technologies and plant modifications, including a range of species capable of providing the best approach for soil remediation. Our technology has proven success both in the mining sector and in the treatment of purines (pork sector).

Ad-hoc "TECNOSOLE" design:

"Tecnosoles" are the solid mixture of natural or synthetic materials, mineral or organic that, placed on the surface, allow the rapid integration of the residual anthropogeomorphic components into biogeochemical cycles, as well as fulfillment of the environmental and productive functions of the soil, improving the precedent environmental situation.

EcoCastulum “Tecnosoles”, or soils made “à la carte”, can be used as substitutes for natural soils, degraded and/or contaminated by human action, with the purpose of improve the previous environmental state.

EcoCastulum possesses a vast experience with the use of this type of substrate to improve the conditions of a soil in its physical-chemical properties, control processes of environmental degradation or even rebuild damaged landscapes.

Remediación por colocación de tecnosoles

Advantages of ECOCASTULUM "Tecnosole" technology:

They are a good technique for the recovery of degraded soils. Promote the reduction of waste management costs, minimizing energy costs and waste storage.
Our "Technosols" produce an increase in the use of existing nutrients in these residues, incorporating them into the trophic chain. An important fact is that they do not produce new residues like other soil management techniques.
Our product technology has demonstrated effectiveness in soils affected by mining activities and in the recovery of recreational areas. They can be applied to the recovery of other natural resources such as water (wastewater treatment and eutrophic aquatic systems).

Ad-hoc "TECNOSOLE" design:

Advantages of ECOCASTULUM "Tecnosole" technology:

They are a good technique for the recovery of degraded soils. Promote the reduction of waste management costs, minimizing energy costs and waste storage.
Our "Technosols" produce an increase in the use of existing nutrients in these residues, incorporating them into the trophic chain. An important fact is that they do not produce new residues like other soil management techniques.
Our product technology has demonstrated effectiveness in soils affected by mining activities and in the recovery of recreational areas. They can be applied to the recovery of other natural resources such as water (wastewater treatment and eutrophic aquatic systems).