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<p>Asbestos-cement waste from roof coverings and facades are classified as hazardous materials and should be successively removed from buildings. The current management of these wastes is limited to their controlled depositing in landfills, which does not ultimately solve the problem of their impact on the environment in the future. The article presents the current state of disposal of asbestos in Poland, with particular emphasis on the Silesian Voivodeship. The literature reports on the methods of neutralizing this type of waste and the possibility of their recycling were analyzed. It was found that the most popular way of recycling asbestos waste is thermal treatment, and the least effective - chemical treatment. Unfortunately, legal barriers prevent the spread of these solutions in the country in practice, despite the fact that safe methods of recycling asbestos-cement products are known.</p>
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Asbestos-cement waste from roof coverings and facades are classified as hazardous materials and should be successively removed from buildings. The current management of these wastes is limited to their controlled depositing in landfills, which does not ultimately solve the problem of their impact on the environment in the future. The article presents the current state of disposal of asbestos in Poland, with particular emphasis on the Silesian Voivodeship. The literature reports on the methods of neutralizing this type of waste and the possibility of their recycling were analyzed. It was found that the most popular way of recycling asbestos waste is thermal treatment, and the least effective - chemical treatment. Unfortunately, legal barriers prevent the spread of these solutions in the country in practice, despite the fact that safe methods of recycling asbestos-cement products are known.

Recycling of Asbestos-Cement Waste – An Opportunity or a Threat?

System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment

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Asbestos-cement waste from roof coverings and facades are classified as hazardous materials and should be successively removed from buildings. The current...

Recycling of Asbestos-Cement Waste – An Opportunity or a Threat?

Published Online: Dec 31, 2022

Page range: 10 - 18

Received: Nov 25, 2021

Accepted: Mar 30, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2022-0002

Keywords
asbestos-cement sheets, hazardous waste, recycling, environmental protection, concrete

© 2022 Natalia Brycht, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Recycling of Asbestos-Cement Waste – An Opportunity or a Threat?

Published Online: Dec 31, 2022

Page range: 10 - 18

Received: Nov 25, 2021

Accepted: Mar 30, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2022-0002

Keywordsasbestos-cement sheets, hazardous waste, recycling, environmental protection, concrete

© 2022 Natalia Brycht, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
asbestos-cement sheets, hazardous waste, recycling, environmental protection, concrete