Dust - Waste Management - Passivation – Recycling

Asbestos Treatment Process

Today, in Western Europe, only 3.5% of buildings with asbestos have been treated. At least, it should take three centuries before getting rid of this extremely harm material. Indeed diseases linked to dust asbestos inhalation are spreading : pulmonary fibrosis, pleural plaques, lung cancer. According to an incubation period of 15/20 years, asbestos kills inexorably. In Europe, 20000 cases each year have been diagnosed, 100000 deaths by 2025 ! A study made by the Erasmus Hospital in Brussels suggests that an adult on seven European bring pulmonary asbestos signs exposure.

The main reason of this situation is the huge cost of the asbestos removal, approximately 1350 euros per ton. Others charges has to be added : building’s immobilization during the operation, staff settlement in another site, logistics reorganization, etc. For example, for a building covering an area of 10000 m2, the cost could approach 20 M ?.

Today, European laws oblige all building company owner to get rid of this material. Because removal asbestos exorbitant costs, many experienced some difficulties to accomplish such commitment.