1.5

• Sustainable resource

  A resource that can be continiously replentished
• Sustainable development

  Development that meets the need of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations
• Strategies for the sustainable use of rocks and minerals - Increasing the efficiency of the extraction of rocks and minerals


  Mine waste must be processed for the second time, allowing the valuable minerals to be recovered and reduces risk of pollution. Chemical treatment of waste extracts much of the valuable mineral still in it
• Strategies for the sustainable use of rocks and minerals -Increasing the efficiency of the use of rocks and minerals:

  • Engineering solutions such as steel beams with the same strenght but using less steel.
• Strategies for the sustainable use of rocks and minerals - Legislation

  • The governments pass laws that require manufacturers to become responsible for recycling and reuse.