Soil protection
In addition to complying with the applicable regulations of the Host States, CERN applies all best practices to its civil engineering worksites. Soil is treated as a resource rather than waste. All types of soil — agricultural, forest, urban and others — are taken into account. Protecting them is a key priority. Before any work begins, soils likely to be impacted are carefully characterised and the work to be performed is analysed. All preventive measures are then taken to preserve their functionality and, when possible, to reuse or repurpose them in a sustainable way.