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Forest Research home > Research themes > Land regeneration & urban greening > Waste minimization and utilisation in greenspace creation
Waste minimisation
 Dealing with significant volumes of organic and inorganic wastes
The development of waste-based soil-substitutes and soil-forming materials (organic and inorganic amendments) can deal with the significant volumes of organic and inorganic wastes produced by various industries whilst conserving natural resources: - Large amounts of inorganic waste and other by-products are generated annually by the minerals/ inorganics, construction and food processing industries.
- Considerable quantities of organic waste are also generated by the food processing and other industries and a large proportion of the compostable organic waste component still goes to landfill.
- In the UK 5 million tonnes of municipal compost are produced every year while current markets for the reuse of such materials are not sufficiently developed to satisfy net production.
A study of the socio-economic benefits vs costs of such initiatives would allow a greater understanding of the problems and opportunities that regional and city agencies face in meeting their waste related targets and the impacts of waste usage for land reclamation at the local, regional and national scale. Research overviewWe are currently developing research to address these issues. If you are interested in the re-use of waste for the greening of brownfield and contaminated site please contact us at landrec@forestry.gsi.gov.uk.
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