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#### Introduction

**"No net land take by 2050" was announced by the European Union Commission in 2011 to achieve a balance between the amount of land taken for various purposes, such as urban development, infrastructure, agriculture, etc., and the amount of land that is restored or offset to maintain a neutral or zero net change in land use and to protect biodiversity.**  
  
Discover how our subsidiary, Kruger, is working with Kvarnholmen Utveckling AB, a high-end property developer from Sweden, to transform a former industrial harbor in Stockholm into a high-end residential area.  
  
Originally, the site had contaminated soil containing Perchloroethylene (or PCE), a chlorinated solvent, posing a challenge to the development plans.  
  
To ensure a successful clean-up within a reasonable timeframe, they chose our Thermal Conductive Heating (TCH) [soil remediation technology](https://www.veoliawatertechnologies.com/en/technologies/thermal-soil-remediation) to effectively heat the entire granite volume, leaving no contaminated soil untreated.  
  
Despite the complexity of the project, including contamination spread and the construction of a road and bridge through the treatment area, the remediation was successful, enabling the development of luxurious apartments on the island of Kvarnholmen.

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