‘Waste Utilization and Restoration of Disturbed Lands’ Scientific and Practical Seminar

The seminar was held in person at the Ecosystem Research Centre of Saint Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II.

Key topics of the seminar included:

• The current state of waste-related issues in Russia's mining and processing sectors
• Results of the monitoring of disturbed lands at mineral resource sites
• Technological solutions for waste utilization and land restoration
• Practical recommendations for incorporating new approaches into academic courses on ecology, natural resource management, and mining

Following the seminar, the Ecosystem Research Centre’s waste management research findings were disseminated among academic and teaching staff. In addition, recommendations and a set of methodological materials were prepared to integrate these approaches and scientific results into curricula for such fields as ‘Ecology and Natural Resource Management’, ‘Mining Technologies’, and ‘Technosphere Safety’. Geoecology, chemical technology, and geology specialists also began working together to pursue joint applied research.