SOLUTIONS
Rehabilitating the environment, recycling minerals, or exploring alternatives... How can we reduce or solve the negatives impacts of mining? What are the benefits and limitations of possible scientific solutions?
WHAT IS REHABILITATION?
Mining Magazine. (2023, June 28). Rehabilitation To Repurpose: Approaches To Post-Mining Land Use. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1gXKEi3hAw
REHABILITATION EXAMPLE
Mining: From Exploration to Rehabilitation. (2011). ClickView; Classroom Video. https://www.clickview.net/share/D8LRp4?a=true&t=1050
REHABILITATION PLANS FOR WA MINES
Post-mining rehabilitation. (2025). EPA Western Australia. https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/focus/post-mining-rehabilitation
WA MINE CLOSURE AND REHABILITATION PLANS
Report aims to improve best practice in mine rehabilitation. (2024). University of Western Australia. https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2019/august/report-aims-to-improve-best-practice-in-mine-rehabilitation
THE LIFE CYCLE OF A MINE- REHABILITATION IN WA
Prepare a Mine Closure Plan. (2025, October 21). Western Australian Government. https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-mines-petroleum-and-exploration/prepare-mine-closure-plan
WHAT A MINING COMPANY SAYS ABOUT REHABILITATION
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: Is the video above biased? Why or why not?
Alcoa. (2023, November 1). Alcoa Australia Mining Rehabilitation Process. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9nskvqzERI
RECYCLING NICKEL AND LITHIUM IN BATTERIES
DW Planet A. (2024, June 7). The problem with recycling electric car batteries. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrNmr2UAuYY
RECYCLING MINERALS
ESCI - European Science Communication Institute. (2025, April 1). Recycling Magnets and Rare Earth Elements. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhAbqONDx6w
RECYCLING REEs
ETH News for Industry. (2024, October 14). Recycling rare-earth metals: Nominated for the Spark Award. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmiZwvMoPwg
RECYCLING MINERALS FROM TECH
European Patent Office. (2025, May 5). Marie Perrin: Recycling rare earth elements from electronic waste. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnPixAgEc7Q
RESEARCH ON RECYCLING MINERALS
WA’s clean energy future boosted with launch of new metals hub. (2025, July 23). News Portal; Murdoch University. https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news/articles/wa-s-clean-energy-future-boosted-with-launch-of-new-metals-hub
REDUCING CARBON IN MINING- STUDY
Collaborative study to investigate the extraction of rare earths | Western Australian Government. (2025). Western Australian Government. https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Cook%20Labor%20Government/Collaborative-study-to-investigate-the-extraction-of-rare-earths-20250122
RECYCLING
U.S. National Science Foundation. (2019, October 23). Recycling rare earth elements – REEcycle. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWNalOpwpDA
RECYCLING LITHIUM BATTERIES
ABC News. (2022). There’s an easier way to recycle your dead batteries. Here’s how. | The Business | ABC News. Www.youtube.com. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKvcAOHeoTs