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Turning a residue into a resource
Aardelite is a technology by which inorganic residues are turned into a lightweight aggregate.
Originally the Aardelite process was developed to process fly-ash from coal fired power stations.
Research results have proven that the same technology can be applied to other inorganic residues like fly-ash from municipal waste incinerators and industrial residues.
The aggregate produced with this technology can be used in building materials like masonry blocks and concrete products.
Don't refuse to re-use
In view of tougher environmental legislation on the disposal of residues and the costs
involved with that, it becomes much sooner a good feasible alternative to produce
granulates.
Even when the produced granulates can only be used as a low value application like filling
material in sound walls it is still a much better alternative than to dispose.
Besides that, in course of time legislation might change and allow the granulates to be used
as a (partial) substitute for natural gravel in concrete.
A range of residues
During the years the immobilization nature of the original process has also been applied to
other industrial residues, like:
· refuse derived fuel
· municipal solid waste
· industrial solid waste
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