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Purpose <p>The purpose of this manuscript is to present a literature review on the state of practice of beneficial uses of sediments sufficiently contaminated to trigger regulatory concern and active management. Beneficially using sediment dredged from waterways worldwide as a resource offers environmental and societal advantages over managing sediment as waste. Benefits include preserving limited landfill capacity for higher-priority wastes; reducing potential hazards and costs associated with rehandling and transporting dredged material; reducing environmental footprint; helping meet demand for shoreline and coastal infrastructure fill; and supporting socio-economic development and ecosystem restoration.</p> Methods <p>The research involved a technical leadership team of long-time sediment management practitioners and an experienced research team. Applicable publications were identified through information known to the technical leadership team and Internet searches of professional and scientific literature and regulatory and related non-governmental organizations charged with aquatic resource management. The result was a bibliography of papers, publications, and policies related to beneficial use of contaminated sediments to identify the state of practice.</p> Results <p>This manuscript provides an overview and summary of the beneficial use literature, with reference to applicable publications published in English. The full bibliography containing more than 170 references from professional and scientific literature, regulatory agencies, and professional working groups, as well as an annotated bibliography providing summaries of key references, are included as Supplemental Information.</p> Conclusions <p>The manuscript authors’ key observations regarding the current state of practice for beneficial use of contaminated sediments from the literature review are presented.</p>

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Beneficial use of contaminated sediments: a literature review of the state of practice in Europe and North America

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    2026年7月2日

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  • John Toll,
  • Eric Hedblom,
  • Luca Sittoni,
  • Arjan Widjeveldt,
  • David Moore,
  • Clifford Firstenberg,
  • Steven Brown,
  • Eric Dott

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Purpose

The purpose of this manuscript is to present a literature review on the state of practice of beneficial uses of sediments sufficiently contaminated to trigger regulatory concern and active management. Beneficially using sediment dredged from waterways worldwide as a resource offers environmental and societal advantages over managing sediment as waste. Benefits include preserving limited landfill capacity for higher-priority wastes; reducing potential hazards and costs associated with rehandling and transporting dredged material; reducing environmental footprint; helping meet demand for shoreline and coastal infrastructure fill; and supporting socio-economic development and ecosystem restoration.

Methods

The research involved a technical leadership team of long-time sediment management practitioners and an experienced research team. Applicable publications were identified through information known to the technical leadership team and Internet searches of professional and scientific literature and regulatory and related non-governmental organizations charged with aquatic resource management. The result was a bibliography of papers, publications, and policies related to beneficial use of contaminated sediments to identify the state of practice.

Results

This manuscript provides an overview and summary of the beneficial use literature, with reference to applicable publications published in English. The full bibliography containing more than 170 references from professional and scientific literature, regulatory agencies, and professional working groups, as well as an annotated bibliography providing summaries of key references, are included as Supplemental Information.

Conclusions

The manuscript authors’ key observations regarding the current state of practice for beneficial use of contaminated sediments from the literature review are presented.