BEHIND THE FACADE #3
In the third episode, we spoke with Susanne Funk, managing director of MIRO Bundesverband Mineralische Rohstoffe e.V., about mining and the use of mineral raw materials, while Jan Radmacher and Peter Theissing, both KS-ORIGINAL, let us look behind the facade of white stone production.
In Germany, the daily per capita consumption of natural resources is relatively high at 44 kilograms. The main consumer: the construction industry.
The use of mineral raw materials is still largely without alternative – the industry is therefore increasingly thinking in cycles, primary raw materials are being replaced by secondary and recycled raw materials – currently their share is already 13 percent of the total volume used.
Sustainable: Sand-lime bricks can absorb around 50 kilograms of CO2 per ton through natural carbonation – around 40 percent of the CO2 produced during their manufacture. In addition, the KS* bricks used in Kronsrode have a recycled content of 5 to 10 percent.
We would like to thank our three informative and interesting interviewees as well as our client KS-Original GmbH for the opportunity to take a closer look at the sustainable aspects of raw material extraction and building material production!
Photo: Christian Clarke