Cordinator: Dr. B. Tantos, Technical and Professional Institutions

Research Unit: ΕΘΙΑΓΕ - ΙΧΤΕΛ

Supervisor: Dr. Tsantilas Ch.

Project Type: Competitive Ministry Program. " Archimedes ' Education

Research Team: Dr. Samaras B., Dr. Sgouras I., I. Alatas, Dr. D. Dimogiannis

Start - End: 2005-2007

Funding Actor: Ministry of Education

Participants: ΙΧΤΕΛ, Goulandris Natural History Museum - Gaia Centre for Environmental Research

Budget: 56.000 €

The Project

The disturbed by mining and general mining surfaces in limestone areas activity found throughout Greece . The conditions in these areas appears to be generally negative or prohibitive for the growing plant. On excavation, consisting of compact and usually hard limestone , it is not possible to install vegetation , uncoated with soil material .

To improve the conditions prevailing interest is the sludge from the water treatment at sewage treatment plants.

The proposed research project ie . The use of sludge biological treatment to restore the surfaces that have been disturbed by mining activity , we seek to implement the following objectives:

• Investigate the potential for improvement of waste rock material with the use of sludge in order to allow restoration of disturbed landscape.
• Sustainable development of landfill sites from mining activities using sludge and minimize restoration costs