It is shown that the scale of land disturbance during subsurface use increases, which leads to an increase in the negative impact on the environment and the threat of complete loss of land value. The issues of recultivation of disturbed lands in Russia and abroad are considered. It is noted that the legislation provides for the technical and biological stages of their restoration. It is proposed to additionally take into account the recreational and construction stage of recultivation, the

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... se of which is to reuse the areas of quarries, dumps and landfills for industrial and civil construction, the creation of recreational zones, artificial reservoirs. For the simulation of remediation works, it is possible to use standard software tools that allow you to visualize and study the objects of restoration. The currently widely implemented concept of large-scale digitalization of deposits allows us to propose and evaluate measures to reduce the environmental harm of users of subsurface resources and land through the introduction of the principles of the "green economy".