Researchers in north-west Spain are turning grape waste into a soil-like material by mixing grape marc compost and vermicompost with barren slate mining waste, potentially helping restore damaged mine dumps and support vegetation.

What looks like a pile of mining waste can be the opposite of living soil. Slate processing leaves behind huge quantities of fine, powdery material with little organic matter and…

Researchers in north-west Spain are turning grape waste into a soil-like material by mixing grape marc compost and vermicompost with barren slate mining waste, potentially helping…