Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP100100800

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP100100800

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Phytoextraction approaches for mitigating heavy metal release from unlined and loosely capped rural landfills. Australian rural landfills are used for storing hazardous wastes which contain toxic metals. Impermeable clay caps are often utilized to encapsulate these wastes and prevent release of pollutants into the environment. The integrity of these caps is crucial and requires constant care. The project aims to develop novel approaches which will improve substantially the long-term environmental safety of rural landfills and deliver additional economic benefits. These approaches involve the use of high-value tree crops and plants capable of extracting toxic metals. Utilization of these plants will create a valuable resource on an otherwise derelict area and this will be of considerable local/regional benefit and national significance.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-06-2010

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $318,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Rehabilitation (excl. Bioremediation) | Environmental Science and Management | Soil Chemistry (excl. Carbon Sequestration Science) | Flow Analysis

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Forestry | Rehabilitation of degraded sparseland |

Other Keywords

Environmental Rehabilitation (excl. Bioremediation) | Environmental Science and Management | Flow Analysis | Forestry | Rehabilitation of degraded sparseland | Soil Chemistry (excl. Carbon Sequestration Science)

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