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The Cement Industry as a Scavenger in Industrial Ecology and the Management of Hazardous Substances

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The cement industry uses a variety of secondary materials and fuels, thus fulfilling the role of “scavenger” in industrial ecology (IE). The use of wastes in cement production has been advocated to reduce cement production costs and to achieve the degradation and immobilization of hazardous compounds. In dealing with hazardous elements contained in the wastes, this development has side effects such as relatively significant stack emissions of heavy metals and leaching of hazardous compounds during the life cycle of cement‐derived products. Emissions and leaching potential may be substantially lowered by reducing levels of hazardous elements in wastes before they are included in cement production and by selectively capturing mercury from stack gases. An analogy to metabolic functions of selective uptake, sequestration, and selective excretion is presented.

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  • Lucas Reijnders, 2007. "The Cement Industry as a Scavenger in Industrial Ecology and the Management of Hazardous Substances," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 11(3), pages 15-25, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:inecol:v:11:y:2007:i:3:p:15-25
    DOI: 10.1162/jiec.2007.997
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    1. Tsiligiannis, Aristeides & Tsiliyannis, Christos, 2020. "Oil refinery sludge and renewable fuel blends as energy sources for the cement industry," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 55-70.
    2. Hashimoto, Shizuka & Fujita, Tsuyoshi & Geng, Yong & Nagasawa, Emiri, 2010. "Realizing CO2 emission reduction through industrial symbiosis: A cement production case study for Kawasaki," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 54(10), pages 704-710.
    3. Teresa Annunziata Branca & Barbara Fornai & Valentina Colla & Maria Ilaria Pistelli & Eros Luciano Faraci & Filippo Cirilli & Antonius Johannes Schröder, 2021. "Industrial Symbiosis and Energy Efficiency in European Process Industries: A Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-37, August.
    4. Qi Zhang & Ting Xiang & Wei Zhang & Heming Wang & Jing An & Xiuping Li & Bing Xue, 2022. "Co‐benefits analysis of industrial symbiosis in China's key industries: Case of steel, cement, and power industries," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 26(5), pages 1714-1727, October.
    5. Christos Aristeides Tsiliyannis, 2018. "Industrial Wastes and By‐products as Alternative Fuels in Cement Plants: Evaluation of an Industrial Symbiosis Option," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 22(5), pages 1170-1188, October.
    6. Tian Yang & Changhao Liu & Raymond P. Côté & Jinwen Ye & Weifeng Liu, 2022. "Evaluating the Barriers to Industrial Symbiosis Using a Group AHP-TOPSIS Model," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-30, June.

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