Recycling of marble wastes- artificial marble

Abstract

There is an increasing demand of industrial rocks for the use as a building and facing stone in our decorative stone industrial market. In paralel, becouse of obseving negative public opinion for marble waste material dump areas in increasing number of marble plants, a technical analysis requirement is inevitable impact on re-evaluation of mrble waste materials as an industrial matter. In this paper, an analysis results on evaluating the marble waste materials as a construction and facing stone in civil industry are presented and logical and theoretical approaches on a criteria for the aim of use, physical aspects, colour, ornament and techno-mechanical properties are determined.