Recycling, reuse and rehabilitation of mine wastes
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-17, 09:41authored byBernd Lottermoser
If we want to ensure a sustainable future for the human race, we must learn to prevent, minimize, reuse and recycle waste. Reuse of mine wastes allows their beneficial application, whereas recycling extracts resource ingredients or converts wastes into valuable products. Yet, today, many of the proposed reuse and recycling concepts for mine wastes are not economic. Consequently, the great majority of mine wastes are still being placed into waste storage facilities. Significant research efforts are required to develop cost-effective reuse and recycling options and to prevent the migration of contaminants from rehabilitated waste repositories in the long term.
History
Publication title
Elements
Volume
7
Issue
6
Pagination
405-410
ISSN
1811-5209
Department/School
School of Natural Sciences
Publisher
Mineralogical Association of Canada
Place of publication
Quebec, Canada
Rights statement
Copyright 2011 the Mineralogical Society of America.