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NATURAL RESOURCES USE: EXTRACTION AND PRODUCTION

Ceramic tiles can be considered a low environmental impact material, especially when compared to other floor and wall coverings. This positive evaluation takes into account the different phases of the entire Life cycle of tiles from the mining of raw materials (the ‘cradle’), through buildings (and coverings), to its final disposal or re-use in the environment (the ‘grave’).

Ceramic tiles are obtained by raw materials widely available in the earth's crust, especially clay, feldspar and quartz. They are non-renewable materials even though they are not of strategic interest, like fossil fuels for example. Although quality requirements differ according to the type of product and manufacturing technology, they never require or justify particularly expensive or environmentally harmful operations of separation or enhancement in the extraction phase.

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LCA, Life Cycle Assessment
water consumption
energy
energy
Processes, innovation
waste minimisation
ecolabel

External Links

ARPA_Emilia-Romagna
bilancio ambient, distretto
COM (2000) 265
decisione 2002/272/CE
direttiva 92/43/CEE
direttiva 79/409/CEE
ONU_biouniversità

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[clay]
[feldspathic materials]
[quartziferous sand]

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Ceramic Tiles of Italy by Assopiastrelle Association of Italian Ceramic Tile and Refractories Manufacturers

Viale Monte Santo, 40 - 41049 Sassuolo (MO) - Italy
ph. +39 536 818111 - fax +39 536 807935

Ceramic Tiles of Italy, promoted by Assopiastrelle is a registered trademark of Edi.Cer S.p.a., the organizer of CERSAIE, the world's largest International Exhibition of Ceramics for the Building Industry and Bathroom Furnishings, held every year in Bologna, Italy. www.cersaie.it.

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