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Crop waste can be very useful

Canola stubble and lupin straw could be used as lead filters.

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 Crop waste such as canola stalks could be used to filter wastewater. Picture Mark Saunders

Crop waste such as canola stalks could be used to filter wastewater. Picture Mark Saunders

An ECU study in Western Australia found that canola stalks and lupin straw, which currently have no commercial use and are generally burnt after harvest, can strip up to 98.5 per cent of lead from wastewater....

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