Combining pollution cleanup, green energy, and recycling, a new project in the U.K. investigates the potential of using algae to clean up an old mine site, while producing both biofuels and metals for electronics at the same time. The Guardian reports that a pilot project to clean up the flooded Wheal Jane tin mine in Cornwall is being undertaken by a group of British universities, along with several other organizations operating under the title of the GW4 Alliance . Together, they’re taking untreated, heavy metal-laden mine water samples and using them to grow algae in a lab with the goal of discovering whether it’s possible to rid the water of harmful materials like arsenic and cadmium. Read the rest of Revolutionary U.K. project is experimenting with algae to turn toxic mine waste into biofuel Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: algae , algae biofuel , algae biofuels , biofuels , clean water initiatives , cleaning water , Cornish mine , cornwall , Cornwall mine , gw4 , GW4 Alliance , heavy metal , heavy metal extraction , heavy metals , jane , mine , mine cleanup , mine water , Pond , tailings , tin , toxic , toxic mine waste , toxic waste , toxic waste cleanup , UK , UK mine , Waste , waste minigation , water pollution , wheal , Wheal Jane
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Revolutionary U.K. project is experimenting with algae to turn toxic mine waste into biofuel
