The Stone Slurry in Palestine from Environmental Burden to Economic Opportunities—Feasibility Analysis

Nabil Al-Joulani,Nidal Salah

doi:10.4236/jep.2014.512106

Nabil Al-Joulani, Nidal Salah

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https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2014.512106

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Abstract

This research will examine the potentially economic, environmental, and political impacts for recycling the stone slurry in Palestine through utilization of this slurry in the ready mix concrete industry. The utilization concept is concluded in incorporation of the stone slurry as a partial replacement of the fine ingredient of the concrete mix which is the natural sand, based on several empirical studies that have proved the possibility for this utilization. The proposed utilization would result in a rather integration between these two main economic sectors: stone industry, and ready mix concrete industry. The results of this research revealed significant economic and environmental gains in terms of money and natural resources saved if partial replacement of natural sand with fresh stone slurry has been adopted.

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As the stone industry in Palestine constitutes one of the most important pillars of the national economy in one hand, and as this industry generates huge amount of the stone waste stone slurry in other hand, establishing strategies to support this sector as well as to mitigate the environmental severe consequences for its waste are inevitable requirements for the sustainable development in the border national context.Palestine’s stone is almost the sole utilized natural resource that exports abroad and helps mitigating the unbalance in the National Trade Balance; it contributes to 30% of the national exports [1], and stone industryHow to cite this paper: Al-Joulani, N. and Salah, N. (2014) The Stone Slurry in Palestine from Environmental Burden to Economic Opportunities—Feasibility Analysis
This paper examines the potentially economic and environmental gains that shall be associated with the utilization of the stone slurry in ready mix concrete industry in Palestine, it provides feasibility analysis of the impact of this utilization on the stone cutting industry and the ready mix concrete industry in Palestine
As the results show the economic impact of the utilization of the stone slurry in the ready mix concrete companies in Palestine is so significant in terms of money and natural resources as well

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Introduction

As the stone industry in Palestine constitutes one of the most important pillars of the national economy in one hand, and as this industry generates huge amount of the stone waste stone slurry in other hand, establishing strategies to support this sector as well as to mitigate the environmental severe consequences for its waste are inevitable requirements for the sustainable development in the border national context.Palestine’s stone is almost the sole utilized natural resource that exports abroad and helps mitigating the unbalance in the National Trade Balance; it contributes to 30% of the national exports [1], and stone industryHow to cite this paper: Al-Joulani, N. and Salah, N. (2014) The Stone Slurry in Palestine from Environmental Burden to Economic Opportunities—Feasibility Analysis. As the stone industry in Palestine constitutes one of the most important pillars of the national economy in one hand, and as this industry generates huge amount of the stone waste stone slurry in other hand, establishing strategies to support this sector as well as to mitigate the environmental severe consequences for its waste are inevitable requirements for the sustainable development in the border national context. Palestine’s stone is almost the sole utilized natural resource that exports abroad and helps mitigating the unbalance in the National Trade Balance; it contributes to 30% of the national exports [1], and stone industry. How to cite this paper: Al-Joulani, N. and Salah, N. (2014) The Stone Slurry in Palestine from Environmental Burden to Economic Opportunities—Feasibility Analysis. Salah in Palestine constitutes a main pillar of the national economy.

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