On May 13, 2009, the Municipality of Santos held a public hearing to present its environmental project for the remediation of the former Alemoa landfill. The meeting was held in the Ulysses Guimaraes chamber on Rua XV de Novembro in the annex of the municipal offices.

The project is being produced by Brasil Terminal Portuário. The company signed a lease agreement with Codesp to build a new terminal for loading and unloading.

During the meeting, the company's officers presented details of all phases of construction work, and emphasized the challenge of cleaning up to 342,000 square meters of land degraded by years of inappropriate use.

Members of the municipality's Standing Environment Committee, council members Fabio Nunes (PSB), Arlindo Barros (PSDB) and Adilson Júnior (PT). The Commission for Port Affairs consists of local council members Manoel Constantino (PMDB), Telma de Souza (PT) and Fabio Nunes (PSB) who chaired the discussions. In addition to members of the council, the hearing included representatives of entities related to the port sector and the environment.

Based on case studies, such as construction of sports complexes for the 2012 London Olympics, where the improper use of the area was very similar to Alemoa, the decontamination technology used was "washing" the topsoil. The site will be divided, and excavated material will be sifted, separated and washed with equipment imported from Belgium.

This process will tend to separate soil from toxic chemicals, with the reuse of approximately 70%. The other 30% will be made into a kind of paste that will be taken to controlled landfills.