Stored of the marble waste in Afyonkarahisar

The area of Afyonkarahisar is considered to be the most important marble producing centers of Turkey. It has %3.5 capacity of the total usable marble reserves (3.872.000.000 tonnes) and it provides %9 of the total marble block production. In this area, there are around 400 marble factories of different sizes and capacities constituting % 19 of the total production capacity. As a result of such activity, 600.000 tonnes of marble extras are produced. While a big part of such extras are re-cycled to benefit the general economy of the country, other left over is considered to be as waste, Such wastes are often left in such a manner that they cause an environmental problem. There are 3 waste storage fields at the Iscehisar - Afyon area. In those storage fields all sorts of waste marble of various forms are pilled up. Such storage fields are located near The Organized Industrial Area, Susuz Bogaz and Iscehisar marble deposits. While those storage fields near the Susuz Bogaz and Iscehisar storage fields disorganized, the storage fields near the Industrial Area is much more organized. It is true to point out that prior to the foundation of those waste deposits, there has been a great ecological problem, however with such storage fields activity for the waste and left over, the impact on the environment and ecology has been minimized. The waste and left over of the marble production deposed at the site near the Organized Industrial Area had been structured in such a way that the basement of the storage fields had been covered with special materials to prevent any negative impact on the soil and consequently the ecology of the Area. Further more, a chemical analysis had been conducted on the hydrous and non hydrous wastes of the marbles deposits. Also, comprehensive tests and analysis of the particles of the left over of the above mentioned types of the marbles had been conducted thoroughly to assertain the impact on underground water arteries and the whole process proved to be as safe as it could possibly be. Keywords: Afyonkarahisar, marble, waste, waste stored