Tabib removes and handles all quantities of contaminated soil from all over the country.
As part of an overall service (TWM) for removing and handling hazardous waste, Tabib also removes and handles contaminated soil. The company is responsible for the removal of contaminated soils starting with land surveys, digging, draining and removal of the contaminated soil, transporting it to an approved site by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and lastly, final treatment of the soil until it is returned to nature as a new pollution- free soil. The treatment is biological/chemical.
Throughout Israel, there are hundreds of sites and compounds that are contaminated due to negligence, lack of understanding and absence of care, specific, continuous omissions, and past effects which remain the source of serious environmental hazards. The most common soil pollutants are fuels, oils, heavy metals, chloride organic materials, fertilizers and disinfection substances and asbestos.
The main dangers that are liable to occur from contaminated soils is contaminated underground water and other sources of water (for instance, one liter of fuel can pollute approx. one million liters of underground water), toxic gases released from the ground (and from the underground water through the ground) into the air, swallowing soil contaminated by toxic substances (these grounds can be relocated and transferred to kindergartens and serve as bedding for playgrounds). Moreover, the aggregates in the upper layers of the ground are driven by water and wind far away from the source of pollution. There is also the danger of skin exposure to the contaminated soil through dust floating in the air or contaminated rinsing water.
Soil surveys
Tabib performs soil surveys in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the relevant procedures, including the following actions:
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Preparing and submitting an evacuation plan to the Ministry of Environmental Protection
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Sampling soil from several locations in order to determine the proper soil evacuation site
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Cleaning and pumping
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Digging and cleaning contaminated soil using special equipment for thorough cleaning
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Second sampling to determine the final evacuation site
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Loading the soil onto designated trucks and transporting it to an approved site
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Submitting a task report including all permits testifying the area is clean in accordance with the directives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
