The key elements of the pHYBi concept are:

Pierrelaye is one of pHYBi’s key phytoremediation trial sites, located in the north-west of Paris (Île-de-France). Throughout the project, partners from the Chrono-environnement Laboratory at the University of Louis Pasteur (Montbéliard) are conducting a series of field monitoring campaigns at this site. These activities help to establish an initial baseline and closely track how remediation processes evolve under real-world conditions.

The pHYBi project includes several case studies where partners test phytomanagement strategies to address different forms of soil degradation and contamination. One of these sites is located in Belorado near Burgos, displaying high salinity levels caused by active mining operations extracting thenardite and glauberite, minerals used to produce anhydrous sodium sulfate.