Reuse of Mining Waste Guidance Now Available!

Got Mine Waste? Want to find something to do with it?

ITRC has a new guidance, Reuse of Solid Mining Waste, designed to help you determine if there is an appropriate use for solid mining waste. Solid mining waste represents a significant quantity of waste material in the United States and around the world. These materials have a range of physical and chemical properties that make them both potentially valuable and potentially hazardous to human health and the environment.

The ITRC Reuse of Solid Mining Waste training and guidance document is geared towards state regulators and environmental consultants, mining and manufacturing stakeholders, community and tribal stakeholders, and other who have in interest in the potential reuse of solid mining waste.

The guidance includes:

Introduction to mining wastes
Considerations for reusing mining waste: waste characterization, economic and market considerations, life cycle and risk assessment, regulatory considerations, & stakeholder considerations
Potential applications for the reuse of solid mining waste: examples of construction, environmental, and industrial reuses
Review of technologies used in mineral beneficiation and processing
several case studies illustrating a range of current mining waste reuse scenarios

Click Here for our Mining Waste Guidance!

ITRC is a program of the Environmental Research Institute of the States (ERIS). ERIS is a 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in the District of Columbia and managed by the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS).