Using sewage and mining wastes to make arable land

According to the CRC for Contaminated Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), Australia's 13 million tonnes of fly ash from power generation, an even larger amount of 'red mud' from bauxite processing and millions of tonnes of bio-solids from urban sewage systems are all potential ingredients for artificial soils.

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