Mweghachi gburugburu ebe obibi nwere njikọ chiri anya ya na (ma ọ bụ ma eleghị anya mgbe ụfọdụ a na-akpọ) mweghachi gburugburu ebe obibi ma ọ bụ mmezi gburugburu ebe obibi. Na US, remediation bụ okwu a na-ejikarị eme ihe na mpaghara ụlọ ọrụ, iwu ọha na eze, na ọrụ obodo. Mweghachi gburugburu ebe obibi bụ okwu a na-ahụkarị n'ime ụmụ amaala na-ahụ maka gburugburu ebe obibi.
Na mbipụta 1987 nke akwụkwọ ya Restoring the Earth: How Americans are Working to Renew our Damaged Environment, onye nchịkọta sayensị na onye edemede John J. Berger kọwara mweghachi gburugburu ebe obibi (ma ọ bụ mweghachi nke ihe onwunwe sitere n'okike) dị ka ndị a: "Usoro nke a na-eme ka ihe okike mebiri emebi dị ọhụrụ. N'ihe ndị dị ndụ. N'ụzọ e si eme ya. N'ọrụ. "