The situation in Germany. Local soil contamination as result of waste disposal potentially affects more than 300.000 sites in Germany(LABO, 2012). Hazardous waste has already been found at more than 14.000 sites, and about 27.000 sites have been remedied. Diffuse inputs together with geogenic levels contribute to the background levels of contaminants in soil(LAB0, 2003) Especially the levels of zinc, lead, cadmium and copper are affected by diffuse inputs, and for those metals and chromium, mercury and nickel background levels for surface soils are available to assess whether soil pollution is occurring(German Federal Ministry for the Environment, 2009). In contrast, organic contaminants in soil mostly result from diffuse inputs and background levels are only available for some federal states but nationwide levels are not yet available.