Repurposing urban construction waste to create diverse wildflower meadows

城市建筑垃圾再利用，打造多样化野花草甸

• 批准号: LP220200787
• 负责人: Prof Nicholas Williams
• 金额: $ 60.09万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP220200787
• 关键词: Repurposing; urban; construction; waste; create

Wildflower meadows have been planted extensively in European cities for aesthetic and biodiversity benefits. In SE Australia, they are stunning, but rare, features of critically endangered grassy woodlands because most native wildflowers cannot cope with intense grazing and high soil nutrients associated with agriculture. This project aims to develop a novel process for establishing native wildflower meadows in urban parks and degraded grassy woodlands by repurposing low nutrient mineral waste from the construction industry. It will have multiple benefits including restoring urban biodiversity, increasing people's mental well-being, developing new markets for recycled construction waste and reducing the amount of waste going to landfill.

为了美观和生物多样性的好处，野花草地在欧洲城市被广泛种植。在澳大利亚东南部，它们是极度濒危的草地林地的令人惊叹但罕见的特征，因为大多数本地野花无法应对密集的放牧和与农业相关的高土壤养分。该项目旨在开发一种新工艺，通过重新利用建筑行业产生的低营养矿物废物，在城市公园和退化的草地上建立原生野花草地。它将带来多重好处，包括恢复城市生物多样性，提高人们的心理健康，开发回收建筑垃圾的新市场，减少垃圾填埋量。