SubsTer® alternative topsoil
Subster® is a soil engineering process for the formulation of alternative topsoil using quarry by-products or inert excavation earth from…
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Soil and ecological engineering, plant-based engineering
For the production of topsoil, soil improvement and restoration of degraded soils we apply different approaches depending on the case…
Phytoremediation and phytostabilisation
Phytoremediation is based on on-site pollution treatment by plants cultures. The objective of phytostabilisation is the reduction of pollutants mobility…
Mycoremediation
Mycoremediation of polluted soils and earth involves taking advantage of the ability of certain strains of lignicolous fungi (wood-degrading fungi)…
Topsoil manufacture
SubsTer® topsoil manufacture allows business sectors, such as quarries or sorting centers receiving excavated earth, to valorise and sell by-products…
Brownfield and sites valorisation and development
The restoration of degraded soils, the revegetation of sites and phytomanagement fit many applications: industrial and urban brownfields for further…
Ponds and constructed wetlands
Ponds and constructed wetlands can be designed purposely for water treatment. These ecotechnologies are bioinspired by the ability of natural…
Vertical or horizontal vegetated filters or reed beds
Vegetated filters or reed bed are a category of constructed wetlands, as such they display all their benefits. These are…
FILTRAN® combined vegetated filters
Developed by Cebedeau (www.cebedeau.be), the FILTRAN® process is a compact vegetated filter for the treatment of organic matter and optimised…
Phytotreatment and evapotranspiration beds
Phytotreatment processes, inspired by wet meadows and riparian areas, are based on water flowing through plants and / or soil…
Mycofiltration
Mycofiltration involves percolating water through a woody substrate colonized by a lignicolous fungi (wood-degrading fungi). The filtering effect of the…
Reactive substrates and soil-based treatment
Reactive substrates are based on water percolation through granular materials-filled beds or trenches, causing chemical modifications (example: phosphate capture). The…