Granite and marble are considered to be unsustainable materials as they are non renewable resources and have very energy intensive manufacturing processes.
Marble effect of the environment.
Marbles are natural marble is environmental friendly since it is a natural stone and this benefits the environment in so many ways.
Your home will have an elegant beauty to it and you won t be impacting the environment.
Because it is in the natural form marble doesn t require any power of energy to produce and therefore doesn t cause any pollution and saves on energy.
Whether you want to change things up in your bathroom or install a new floor in the kitchen marble is a great material to consider.
Plus with the longevity of the marble material you won t have to change things again anytime soon.
The main chemical reactions leading to environmental degradation of marble artifacts are hereafter described.
Rain containing co 2 has a ph about 6 and it may transform calcium carbonate into water soluble calcium bicarbonate.
As these materials need to be extracted the impact which they cause upon the environment is irreversible particularly in terms of water and air pollution.
Finally these marble wastes effects the composition of flora and fauna of the ecosystem as well as cause human health hazard and alterations in physico chemical parameters of aquatic ecosystem.