The National Brownfield Forum meeting July 2025 meeting notes have now been published and are available to download here: July 2025 Meeting Notes

The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) is carrying out research to understand the scale of the pollution challenges arising from legacy landfills. If you wish to contribute to the research please follow the link and complete the form before the deadline on 5 September 2025. Further information is available: Approved work: Management of legacy landfill pollution - POST

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking views on proposed reforms to environmental permitting for industry. It covers the permitting of ‘industrial’ activities under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (EPRs), which are taken to include installations, medium combustion plant and specified generators, small waste incineration plant, solvent emission activities, Part B mobile plant and mobile medium combustion plant. The consultation does not cover waste operations, mining waste operations, radioactive substances activities, water discharge activities, groundwater activities or flood risk activities.

The Government Digital Service (GDS) is currently openly consulting on the initial tranche of regulations which relate to the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR). NUAR is designed to provide instant, secure access to information about apparatus in the street, to improve the safety of operatives working in the vicinity of these apparatus and to improve the efficiency of street works across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The regulations will implement a new minimum information specification to ensure comprehensive baseline information. This consultation is keen to understand the potential impact of the proposed NUAR regulations on the wider street works sectors including construction, environmental agencies, planners and asset management. Further information is available here. Closing date: 15 October 2025. 

The Contamination & Land Remediation Expo (CLR Expo - 17 & 18 September) has announced its speakers for this year's event. The CLR Expo speaker line-up brings together leading names in land remediation, environmental policy, and sustainable site management. It’s your opportunity to hear directly from the experts delivering real-world change and gain practical insight into strategies for contaminated land, brownfield regeneration, and environmental risk management.

From government decision-makers to industry specialists, you’ll have front-row access to the conversations, debates, and innovations driving progress in the geoenvironmental sector. View the full line up here. 

The updated programme for RemTech Europe 2025 (15-19 September 2025) is now available and registration is open. This year’s edition offers a unique opportunity for regulators and experts to stay updated on cutting-edge policies, standards, and technologies in soil and groundwater management. All sessions are completely free of charge and are accessible online with just an email and internet connection required. From 17-19 September it is also available to attend in person. All participants (online or in person) will receive a Certificate of Attendance. Registration is required for each programme session as each has a different Zoom link. The full programme and registration details are available here.

CL:AIRE is delivering two online training sessions at RemTech:

• Monday 15 September 08:15-10:15 (BST) - Soil-Matters - Sustainable Materials Reuse (Richard Croft/Jonathan Atkinson)
• Tuesday 16 September 10:30-12:30 (BST) - Soil Passports for Demonstrating Circular Economy in Soil Reuse (Jonathan Atkinson/Richard Croft)

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), as the Agency for UK REACH, has assessed the risks linked with using per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in fire fighting foams, and the risks they pose to human health and the environment. HSE is now seeking views from interested parties. Further information is available here. Consultation closes 18 February 2026.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published the updated proposal to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the EU’s chemicals regulation, REACH. Further information is available here.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development has published an easily digestible information guide for site assessment and remediation practitioners who work on PFAS-contaminated sites. Topics covered include PFAS evaluation of site-specific groundwater vulnerability from PFAS-impacted soil, groundwater sampling for PFAS, and ways that surface chemistry and surfactant properties of some PFAS may impact their transport and fate. The document compiles information from three technical briefs that were originally released internally by EPA. The intended audience includes geologists, hydrogeologists, risk assessors, stakeholders such as state and federal regulators and others who work on PFAS-contaminated sites. Users should have a basic understanding of PFAS. Further information is available here.

OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders/Belgium) has published a report which expands the list of PFAS-suspected activities - highlighting growing contamination risks across production, processing, product use, and waste management. Discover which (industrial) activities could result in soil, groundwater and sediment contamination. Further information is available here.

Denmark has established the "PFAS Center" to generate knowledge and conduct research into how to prevent, contain and clean up extensive contamination with PFAS. The initiative has been funded by the Danish Ministry of the Environment and Gender Equality and focuses on effects on the environment, health, food and feed. Further information is available here.