SuRF UK

SuRF-UK is the United Kingdom’s Sustainable Remediation Forum – an initiative set up to progress the UK understanding of sustainable remediation and sustainable land management. SuRF-UK is also a member of International Sustainable Remediation Alliance (ISRA).

If you are interested in the work of SuRF-UK, please contact Nicola Harries (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

We recognise that there is a lot of information, so we have provided the SuRF-UK User Guides to get you started. Further information is provided in the SuRF-UK Roadmap below.

SuRF-UK User Guides


Learner

Discover more about sustainable remediation


Promoter

 Share information and raise awareness of sustainable remediation


Practitioner

 Apply sustainable remediation on a project

Starting point: Animation.
The video animation above provides a quick overview.

Key Reading:

Starting point: Animation.
The video animation above provides a quick overview.

Key Reading: 

Key Reading:

SuRF-UK Roadmap

Framework
&
guidance

 SuRF-UK Framework  

Supplementary Report 1

Supplementary Report 2 of the SuRF-UK Framework: Selection of Indicators/Criteria for Use in Sustainability Assessment for Achieving Sustainable Remediation (2020)

Supplementary Report 2 - Indicators Appendix 1 (2020)

Executing
sustainable
remediation

 Sustainable Management Practices Report and Spreadsheet 2021 
Project Framing and Planning a Sustainability Assessment
Tier 1- Qualitative Assessment 
Tier 1 Sustainability Assessment 2021 Final
Links to guidance		 Tier 2 - Semi-quantitative Assessment
Links to guidance		 Tier 3 - Quantitative Assessment
Links to guidance

Supporting
materials

Illustrative Case Studies, reports, information sources
SuRF-UK Case Studies and Bulletins, Journal Papers, SuRF-UK webinar, SuRF-UK animation and SuRF-UK Certificate of Assessment

Older and withdrawn reports  

To navigate through the SuRF-UK web pages, please hover over the relevant section that you require on the road map and short cuts will direct you to the relevant page, alternatively navigate using the articles index below.

  1. About Sustainable Remediation
  2. Objectives of SuRF-UK
  3. SuRF-UK Steering Group
  4. Meetings, Presentations and Consultations
  5. FAQs
  6. Useful Links
  7. SuRF UK Bulletins
  8. Framework Document
  9. Annex 1: SuRF-UK Indicator Set for Sustainable Remediation
  10. Sustainable Management Practices
  11. Sustainability Assessment: Project Framing and Planning
  12. Tier 1- Qualitative Assessment
  13. Tier 2 - Semi-quantitative Assessment
  14. Tier 3 - Quantitative Assessment
  15. A Review of the Legal and Regulatory Basis for Sustainable Remediation in the European Union and the United Kingdom
  16. SuRF UK Webinars and Podcasts
  17. Journal Papers
  18. SuRF-UK Case Studies
  19. SuRF-UK Case Studies and Bulletins

General News