Virotec Global Solutions is pleased to announce that it has recently entered into a significantly large contract with a company regarded as an industry leader in the building and construction services area in Australia to apply its ViroSoil™ Technology to treat in excess of 5,000 tonnes of contaminated soil at a disused manufacturing site in South Australia.

Further to the Virotec news announcement of April 13th, 2010, at which time Virotec announced the launch of its breakthrough ViroSoil™  method for treating persistent organic pollutants (POPs), Virotec is now pleased to inform relevant parties that it has secured this latest contract pursuant to its efforts to expand its business into chlorinated hydrocarbon treatment.

Mrs. Gisela Barros, Virotec’s business development manager for the new technological soil treatment, explained that “previous laboratory test work performed by Virotec on samples provided confirmed the new ViroSoil™  Technology’s ability to reduce tetrachloroethylene (also called perchloroethylene or PCE) concentrations in the contaminated soil site. The treatment report provided by Virotec showed that the total concentration of PCE in the contaminated soil was reduced from 3,000 mg/kg to > 3. mg/kg and leachate for PCE dropped from 0.7 mg/L to <0.005 mg/L as a result of our treatment. It was on this demonstrable basis of success that we were in a position to secure the current contract.”

As has been the case with other large-scale projects recently completed by Virotec, elements of this project will be carried out by our partner. For example, the technology solution and project management of the contaminated soil treatment at the above mentioned disused Hills Industries site will be provided by Virotec, with aspects of the physical treatment and disposal being carried out by our partner.

This project is one of the first applications of its type in Australia, and we expect there to be more such projects emerging in the future now that there is a viable, cost-effective and sustainable way to treat POPs.