We work cooperatively with the Virginia Dept. of Agricultural and Consumer Services (VDACS) and a range of industries on utilization and recycling of municipal and industrial byproducts and residuals. Central to that effort has been our development of a combined set of laboratory, greenhouse and field plot screening techniques to ensure that residuals are safe for use and to optimize application rates. Along a parallel track, we have worked with Luck Stone Corporation and others to develop manufactured soil products from mining and rock processing residuals.
Virginia Tech and VDACS Waste and Residual Screening Program

Luck Stone uses a range of overburden and other mineral processing residuals to manufacture commercial topsoil and athletic soil products at this facility near Charlottesville, VA