r3 Environmental

Description

r3 is a small environmental R&D consultancy specialising in waste, recycling and contaminated land issues. r3 tackles problems where some element of strategic and lateral thinking is needed, where solutions need a range of different disciplines and skills, and, in particular, where there is a need for imagination and innovation in problem solving. r3 operates using a small core team linked to a virtual office of regular consulting experts. It also uses a wide range of contacts within waste management, land remediation, environmental policy, broad environmental issues, financial and insurance industries, economic and social studies, universities and governmental organisations and agencies. r3 serves the UK and other European countries as well as with North American organisations. It carries out projects on our own and in collaboration with other leading organisations.

Market development activities

r3's work ranges from small discrete projects to large studies that aim to advance the state of the art, from specific technical studies to wide ranging cross-disciplinary studies. Since 1997 r3 projects and consultancy include the following, which is not an exhaustive list):

Technical consultancy and product development, for example:

appraisal of composting and remediation technologies and, process development and project development (various clients);

compost / soil improver standards and audit development (various clients);

composting trials work and compost formulation advice (e.g. for the Eden Project);

composting guidance (e.g. the Compost Bibliography Project -Phase 1 for Sita Environmental Trust, and a book on home composting)

review of bioremediation projects for National Grid;

review of possible diffuse pollution issues for compost use (for WRAP)

Feasibility studies, for example:

the Markham Willows project (linkage of biomass, remediation / risk management, compost re-use and land regeneration with job creation and economic and social regeneration) with exSite Research Limited, Groundwork UK and others;

feasibility study for the UK CL:AIRE network (www.claire.co.uk). CLAIRE is the the UK demonstration network for contaminated sites, established in 1999.

Research and development, for example:

integrated approaches to river basin management (part of the €20 million EC Integrated Project Aquaterra);

market development for Compost Like Outputs (with University of Reading) for Grantscape;

the use of biomass and compost for marginal land restoration (Environment Agency and Defra, EU SNOWMAN project) www.rejuvenate.eugris.info

sustainability appraisal and decision support for contaminated land management (various projects funded by DETR and the Environment Agency, and the EC e.g. www.clarinet.at and special meeting on decision support for NATO/CCMS with the US EPA and the Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA, for the Environment Agency).

development of sustainable remediation concepts (www.claire.co.uk/surfuk)

Networking and information collation, management and dissemination including web and database systems, for example:

Compost Bibliography web site (Phase 1);

EUGRIS the EC funded European portal for contaminated land and water information

Searchable case study archive and other information activities for EURODEMO an EC funded project co-ordinating land and water restoration demonstration projects in the EC;

NICOLE web site, reports and newsletter (Network for Contaminated Land in Europe);

collation of remediation project case studies for the Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA);

review of non-military environmental study networks for the NATO Committee for Challenges to Modern Society (CCMS);

(Paul Bardos) Ready Reference for Contaminated Land Managers and a university textbook on contaminated land remediation for Wiley and Sons.

Commercial services provided include brokerage for research projects, technology and service development; market introduction and Agency (for example Regenesis products); market appraisal and development work (for example for LGC, Blue Circle, and TNO) and strategic consultancy (for example MTBE issues for Lyondell / EFOA)

Further information, and a full listing of projects, is available from: www.r3environmental.co.uk. A bibliography of over 220 papers and publications for Paul Bardos, including a selection of free downloads, is also downloadable from this site