What is environmental remediation and what are the main types of environmental remediation

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Environmental Remediation

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Environmental remediation refers to the physical, chemical, and biological technical measures taken to reduce the concentration or toxicity of pollutants present in the environment or to render them completely harmless.

Environmental remediation is an environmental engineering technology that has been developed in recent decades, and according to the object of remediation, it can be divided into several types, such as atmospheric environmental remediation, water environmental remediation, soil environmental remediation and solid waste environmental remediation. According to the methods used in environmental remediation, environmental remediation technology can be divided into environmental physical remediation technology, environmental chemical remediation technology and environmental bioremediation technology. Bioremediation technology has become an important part of environmental protection technology.