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Economic Aspects of Ceramic Waste Recycling through Its Use as Aggregate in Mineral-Asphalt Mixtures Cover

Economic Aspects of Ceramic Waste Recycling through Its Use as Aggregate in Mineral-Asphalt Mixtures

Open Access
|Oct 2018

Abstract

Subject and purpose of work: This article is a continuation of ongoing research; whose primary aim was to show ceramic waste as a full-value substrate for the production of mineral-asphalt mixtures. The authors, basing on the examined characteristics of aggregate obtained in the process of crushing the socalled “ceramic cullet”, present the thesis that this material can be a full-fledged aggregate for concretes used in road construction. The authors emphasize ecological advantages of such a solution. The purpose of this research was to analyse whether such measures as those described above are economically justifiable. Materials and methods: In the article, based on business data, the costs were estimated and compared to the prices of the aggregates used by companies producing asphalt mixtures. Results: Economic comparisons have shown that the costs of described recycling were not satisfactory. Conclusions: Taking into account the ecological effect, it is recommended that ceramic waste is recycled by using it for the production of mineral-asphalt mixes for general use.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ers-2017-0026 | Journal eISSN: 2451-182X | Journal ISSN: 2083-3725
Language: English
Page range: 74 - 81
Submitted on: May 1, 2017
Accepted on: Jun 1, 2017
Published on: Oct 27, 2018
Published by: John Paul II University of Applied Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2018 Bartosz Zegardło, Wojciech Andrzejuk, Urszula Andrzejewicz, Jerzy Nitychoruk, published by John Paul II University of Applied Sciences
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