Brownfields: New Life New Uses

摘要

These community eyesores have been dubbed "brownfields." Typically they are abandoned or partially vacant industrial and commercial properties. Chemicals and waste products may have contaminated such facilities because they were handled improperly. Communities and volunteers have been reluctant to redevelop brownfields because the contamination can be costly to clean up. They have also been concerned that contamination could entangle them in legal problems. The mere suspicion that a site might be contaminated may brand it as a brownfield and prevent its reuse.