Our Insights
At Environmental Earth Sciences we value innovation, excellence and the scientific rigour of our contamination solutions. Our projects and insights cover range services and topics, from auditing and assessment through to waste disposal and site rehabilitation.
Bioremediation Processes at Soil Recycling Facility
Bioremediation is a process in which the natural microbes in the soil are promoted to digest hydrocarbon based contaminants. Contaminants that fall into this category include polycyclic a...
EESI Group Celebrates Young Achievers
At EESI Group we take pride in the achievements of our team members and encourage everyone to think creatively and pursue their professional and personal development goals. Most recently we cele...
EESI Group Assists QLD DES With Landmark Court Case - Expert Support for Legal Work
Linc Energy, a gas company operating out of Queensland’s Darling Downs, has been found guilty of causing serious environmental harm through the operation of its underground coal gasification (UCG) ...
Landfill Monitoring
By Philip Mulvey – Environmental & Earth Sciences and Wendi Trotter – Former Environmental & Earth Sciences Abstract Groundwater monitoring is usually undertaken t...
Easy Guide to Mining Waste Characterisation
Easy Guide to Mining Waste Characterisation Waste characterisation is the study of the environmental impacts of mining waste during mining, processing and above ground st...
How do I know if I need an Environmental Consultant?
How do I know if I need an Environmental Consultant? The role of an Environmental Consultant is to advise clients on the best course of action to achieve an outcome which is ben...
Solid waste management and disposal systems at mills and refineries
1.0 Introduction Solid waste management at most mills and refineries is controlled by disposal costs. The focus of this paper will be waste management by disposal management. ...
Pesticides
Centre for Contaminant Geoscience and Silja Kuerzinger – Former Centre for Contaminant Geosciences Contamination of soil, ground and surface waters by pesticides is a huge environmental ...
Asbestos on development sites: solving your issues effectively
EESI Group has been happy to host industry professionals and our teams in Qld, NSW and VIC for our second 2017 Technical Seminar Asbestos on Development Sites: Solving Your Issues Effectively. As i...
In Situ Vapour Extraction of Soil Gas in a Clay/Shale Profile
Environmental & Earth Sciences Environmental & Earth Sciences Pty Ltd have designed and installed an insitu vapour extraction system which has been designed to effectively achieve...
Soil and Groundwater Remediation Tips
Soil and Groundwater Remediation Tips Remediation is the management of contaminated sites via various methods such as treatment, containment and removal of chemical substances o...
Groundwater monitoring
Environmental & Earth Sciences All mine processes require water for the extraction and concentration of ore. No matter how good the liner/capture system or the environmental managemen...
Groundwater remediation, particularly under infrastructure
Environmental & Earth Sciences\ 1.0 Introduction Groundwater contamination may be of three different types: SOLUBLE: includes metals, inorganics, or...
Beneficial reuse of treated soil
HOW WILL TREATED SOIL BE BENEFICIALLY REUSED Soil, compost and B grade quarry material sustainably produced by the Skipton Soil Recycling Facility will be used a...
Asbestos assessment & management
Environmental Earth Sciences was appointed to undertake an environmental investigation at a public school and to provide advice for the management on the audit and approval process for the client i...
Landfill monitoring
Sydney Olympic Park is one of the most significant landfill remediation projects in Australia. As the land has a variety of uses, the main concern for the landfills is the management of exposure pa...
Reusing waste
A Tile Manufacturing Facility had an ongoing waste stream of slurry and dried marble cake from tile production. The client was facing significant cost to dispose of the waste material in landfill. ...
Soil & land suitability assessment
Environmental Earth Sciences was engaged to conduct a soil & land suitability assessment and a Strategic Cropping Land (SCL) assessment at a proposed coal mine in QLD. THE ...
Acid Sulfate - Sumatra, Indonesia
Environmental Earth Sciences were engaged to provide technical advice, as well as input to the development of control and management systems for a 10,000 hectare agricultural plantation in Sumatra ...
Quarterly landfill monitoring for Nillumbik Shire Council
EESI has been monitoring the Kangaroo Ground and the Plenty Landfills for the Nillumbik Shire Council quarterly since 2016 in accordance with the sites’ aftercare management plan. They have consist...
Managing Acid Sulfate Soils
Without careful management, disturbing acid sulfate soils can have serious downstream environmental, economic, engineering and health impacts, and can restrict development, construction and agricul...
EESI Keeping Our Communities Safe and Clean
The Environmental Earth Sciences team in New South Wales has been working closely with local councils, particularly in the western regions of Sydney, by assisting in the waste classification of sto...
Gold Coast City Council Landfill Gas Monitoring
With age comes experience and with 30 years of environmental consulting experience, Environmental Earth Sciences has proven itself as an industry leader and household name in environmental due dili...
Metal contamination in soils
The Centre for Contaminant Geoscience (CCG) was engaged to design a remediation technique to maximise the onsite reuse of soil after metal contamination in soils had occurred. ...
Property disposal - industrial make good
GreenPlus Property was engaged by One Steel Recycling to carry out an Industrial Make Good for a Property Disposal. The location was 0.5 hectares within an industrial site that had been leased by t...
Major rail project, NSW
A 38 hectare rail project site in Newcastle, NSW was found to have in excess of 110,000m³ of potential acid sulfate soils. Pote...
Moree case study
During an upgrade of playground equipment at a kindergarten in Moree, an old tarmac surface was uncovered. Moree Council’s testing of the tarmac showed an elevation in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarb...