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Waste & Recycling Magazine - March 3, 2025

Biotech breakthroughs: How microbes could be the key to copper recovery and mine tailings cleanup

Managing mine tailings presents challenges and opportunities. The latter includes improving management practices to mitigate environmental impacts and recovering valuable materials like copper from waste.

GenomeBC, a Vancouver-based non-profit organization that invests in genomics research and innovation, is funding two research projects to find solutions to these issues.