Mycoremediation

Information and resources showing how fungi can be used to remove toxic constituents from the environment.

Treating industrial waste with fungi case studies

Treating industrial waste with fungi case studies

When it comes to industrial waste, most people picture hazardous sludge and remote sites contaminated by decades-old hydrocarbons. But what if fungi could help solve these challenges? At MycoMine, a clever team of environmental innovators is putting fungi to work across Sweden’s toughest sites—showing how nature’s recyclers

Transforming waste with fungi

Transforming waste with fungi

The construction industry is responsible for an estimated 30% of all the waste we produce worldwide, with the United States alone producing 660 million tons of construction and demolition debris each year. Converting this waste into a reusable resource would dramatically reduce the environmental impact of a sector that accounts