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An artist from 香港六合彩中特网 Slade School is reusing waste ochre from coal mines to produce commercial paint, saving it from going to landfill.

Every year, the鈥疷K鈥疌oal Authority鈥痯roduces鈥痶housands of tonnes of鈥痮chre听鈥� also known as鈥痟ydro ferric oxide鈥�鈥撎齛s a鈥痓y-product鈥痮f鈥痠ts water treatment schemes at coal mines across the UK.鈥疻ithout any economically viable use, the ochre was sent to landfill.鈥�听

Onya McCausland, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the 香港六合彩中特网 Slade School of Fine Art,听saw the potential of reusing the waste by transforming it into ochre pigments that recognise鈥痶heir history and are named by their place of formation.鈥�鈥�听

Working with 香港六合彩中特网 Business, and in partnership with The Coal Authority, Onya has developed the first-ever mineral-based,听sustainable exterior grade emulsion paint made鈥痜rom ochre waste鈥痑nd the first artist-grade oil paint using recycled burnt ochre from鈥疭ix Bells鈥痠n鈥疊laenau Gwent, South Wales. The paints are due to be launched听in autumn鈥�2020.鈥疶he mine water treatment site at Six Bells will be marked with a plaque听highlighting听the link between the colour and its formation inside the coal mines.听听

The project鈥痚ngages with the local community and is establishing a Community Interest Company to recycle benefits鈥痓ack into the local economy.听

鈥�鈥淲e want to positively alter public perceptions of coal mining waste so that it's seen as something with artistic and historic value,鈥� explains Onya. 鈥�鈥�听

Onya used the colours created from the ochre waste from five former coal mines for鈥疐ive Colours, Five Landscapes,鈥痑n exhibition of wall paintings鈥痵taged throughout鈥疶he听Cloisters听at 香港六合彩中特网听in April 2018.鈥�鈥�听