Olympic Park clean up hits recycling target

7 September 2009--The clean-up of the Olympic Park is almost complete and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is on track to beat its target of recycling and reusing 90 per cent of demolition materials.

Recycling has also significantly reduced the number of lorry journeys in the local area, as only a minimal amount of contaminated material was taken off site.

There have been nearly 3,000 site investigations carried out into contamination on site since October 2006 with nothing unexpected uncovered. Industrial contamination that was found on site included oil, petrol, tar, cyanide, arsenic and lead, as well as some very low-level radioactive material.

The contaminated soil has been cleaned and reused on site using innovative techniques including soil washing and bioremediation – a technique that uses bacteria, fungi and other microbes to clean the soil.

The clean-up process began three years ago and enabled construction to start on or ahead of schedule on all of the permanent Park venues. The ‘big build’ is now well underway with venues coming out of the ground. Work also continues on the 21 bridges, roads, a new energy centre and utilities network, and transport infrastructure. This will not only benefit the Games, but the communities that will live and work in the area after 2012.

Source: London 2012

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