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Title Wasted spaces — old quarries, mines and empty city sites — find new lives as places to love again Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet ABC Ballarat Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 30/11/22 Description From wastelands to community assets
Mohan Yellishetty, civil engineering associate professor at Monash University, belongs to a team researching better ways to transform such sites.
Quarries, Dr Yellishetty said, were generally close to metropolitan areas where they could become community assets rather than dangerous and potentially toxic sites.
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Motorsports centres and waste storage facilities are some of the uses Dr Yellishetty is exploring.
"We need more space to store our waste," he said.
"Our waste generation is growing, and most councils are going to have trouble taking [waste] far away to dispose of it."
Helping communities adapt to climate change and reduce carbon emissions through quarry rehabilitation was also being explored, Dr Yellishetty said.
Options such as converting old quarries into flood retention systems, solar farms, or even opportunities for pumped hydro were being researched, he said.Producer/Author Rhiannon Stevens URL https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-30/quarry-mine-rehabilitation-outdoor-art-park/101691766 Persons Mohan Yellishetty