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Vasileios Protonotarios
Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park, Lavrion 19500, Greece

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Journal article
Published: 22 November 2016 in Recycling
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Soil contamination by mine wastes is an enormous challenge for both mining companies and competent authorities. Mine wastes are usually considered a major source of impacts on human health and the environment. Thus, the prevailing strategy is to reduce or completely remove the contaminants of concern through appropriate in situ or ex situ remediation techniques. Nonetheless, today’s mine waste may become tomorrow’s ore. In order to keep this option open, however, several things need to change in the concept and practice of mine waste management. This paper presents a case study from Greece, where mine waste (mainly metallurgical slags) have been disposed of, posing excess risks to human health and the environment. Complete restoration of the site would not only be cost-prohibitive but would also eliminate any possibility of future exploitation of contained resources. Considering both the protection of human health and the environment and the storage of waste for future use, a risk assessment and management approach was adopted that allowed the selection of cost-effective measures in order to: eliminate health hazards, re-use the site for recreational purposes, and secure the opportunity for resource recovery in the future.

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Theodora Karachaliou; Vasileios Protonotarios; Dimitris Kaliampakos; Maria Menegaki. Using Risk Assessment and Management Approaches to Develop Cost-Effective and Sustainable Mine Waste Management Strategies. Recycling 2016, 1, 328 -342.

AMA Style

Theodora Karachaliou, Vasileios Protonotarios, Dimitris Kaliampakos, Maria Menegaki. Using Risk Assessment and Management Approaches to Develop Cost-Effective and Sustainable Mine Waste Management Strategies. Recycling. 2016; 1 (3):328-342.

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Theodora Karachaliou; Vasileios Protonotarios; Dimitris Kaliampakos; Maria Menegaki. 2016. "Using Risk Assessment and Management Approaches to Develop Cost-Effective and Sustainable Mine Waste Management Strategies." Recycling 1, no. 3: 328-342.