The development of coal mining and power industry contributed to the accumulation of significant quantities of mining and processing wastes on the land surface in Wałbrzych and Boguszów Gorce. The main components of the mine waste dumps are gangues rocks and in smaller quantities: post-flotation waste and slag and ashes. Approximately 85 million cubic meters of such waste are disposed on the dumps with a volume over 1 million cubic meters. Approximately 3.4 million cubic meters of coal sludge and ashes remains in the bowls of former sedimentation tanks. The majority of the waste (81%) is located in the area of Wałbrzych. In the years 1975–1996, only approx. 1% of the waste from the mine waste dumps and sedimentation tanks was used for various purposes. Significant amounts of the waste accumulated on the land surface can be considered as prospective anthropogenic deposits. This is indicated by the attempts made so far to use them as secondary raw materials as well as by few studies providing the information for what purposes the waste can be used. It is therefore necessary to carry out detailed identification works on the quality and quantity of the deposited wastes, what is a prerequisite for the optimal use of these wastes in the future.
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