Collection of by-products.

The marble processing generates a large amount of waste material. Cutting and trimming operations, along with polishing and sanding, produce dust that mixes with the water used for lubricating and cooling the diamond tools and for dust suppression. This material, with a muddy consistency, is treated and becomes calcium sludge (marble dust mixed with water), which is partially dehydrated. It must not be released into the environment, as the excessive accumulation of mineral substances can cause significant ecological problems over time. Therefore, it must be disposed of in authorized landfills, following the procedures prescribed by the Environmental Code. Campedelli Marmi, however, has chosen to take a different approach to manage this final yet crucial phase of the supply chain. The company decided to invest energy and financial resources into an authorized, owned quarry where all these residues, which have been certified as inert by laboratory tests, can be stored and preserved as by-products of the stone processing. These by-products, which are not waste at all, could easily be reused for other purposes, such as abrasive pastes, or even new products to be used in construction.