Students-ecologists K.V. Semerich and M.A. Parshutkin took part in the preparation of an inter-university complex diploma work on the topic ‘Development of resource-saving technologies aimed at expanding the use of dusty industrial waste’. Under the supervision of Head of the Department of Ecology A.I. Gorova and Associate Professor A.V. Pavlichenko, the students completed their theses aimed at improving the level of environmental safety in the management of dust waste from metallurgical and mining enterprises.