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Health aspects and disposal

During processing care should be taken that people on site are exposed to dust as little as possible; dust masks should be worn.

If expanded minerals are correctly sorted on removal, they can be re-used in principle. Incineration or composting is not possible, though, so they must be disposed of at a landfill at the end of their useful life.

Expanded perlite (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PerliteUSGOV.jpg)