Recovering and Recycling aspects of red wastes muds form a siliceous sands mining activity

Quarring activities and mineral processing for glass production, in the Privemo-Fossanova area (southern Latium), imply the stocking of great amounts of waste muds with an heavy environmental impact on the territory. A research was carried out to analyze different forms of recovery and re-use of these red muds leading to the production of new industrial materials and the reduction of the environmental impact. In particular in this paper the results of some experiments for the production of water paints are presented. Several formulations were created and tested by the application on different surfaces. The encouraging results obtained support the feasibility of the hypothesis of re-use of the red muds.