Social impacts
- Utilization of waste and return to the production cycle as a high value added material in the context of the circular economy
- Developing products that have an impact on the building sector and benefits most of society
- Decrease of a waste with a simultaneous positive impact on the environmental footprint created by the deposition so far.
Economic impacts
- Stimulate the economy by introducing new materials in the building material sector that increase competition and lead to lower prices
- Developing innovative materials by leveraging a number of companies wishing to massproduce and sell them, creating growth conditions for the economy
- Creating Net Added Value by investing and launching a high value-added product line and creation of a suitable environment for the further development of innovative building materials (geopolymers) companies in national and EU level.
Environmental impacts
- Low energy consumption for the development of geopolymers since the curing temperature is low
- Reduced CO2 emissions compared to the cement and concrete industry.
- The utilization of an mine waste for the production of an innovative product and the elimination of the relevant environmental impacts is related with the environmental and societal progress in Europe.
Scientific impacts
- Real-life scale pilot implementation of a technology not yet implemented with this feedstock.
- Developing know-how and transferring it to the industrial level in the recovery of construction waste materials.
- Training of scientists and staff in an interdisciplinary environment related to materials engineering.