Abstract

The Dichinama marble quarry is one of the largest marble producing sitesTigry in Ethiopia. This research is focused on the designing of the waste disposal site and waste management of Dichinama marble quarry site which is located at the North Western zone of Tigray specifically located at Tahtay Adiabo. Therefore the Dichinama marble quarry waste disposal site and waste management design should follow the basic parameters such as; following a systematic marble cutting method to minimize waste, to reuse the rejected blocks due to fracture, cavity and joints for road construction, for buildings (houses, bridges), for making bricks, concretes, terrazzo’s by crushing and used to decorate floor of buildings and for making engineering stones. We use also the powder resulted from drilling and crusher for agricultural purpose to neutralize the acidic soil to increase the fertility of the soil. We can fill using different color chemicals to the fractured part of the rejected block to increase its strength and suitable for Gang saw and Block cutter cuttings. Preparing a waste disposal area out of the mineralized zone, the area should be free of agricultural activities; the waste disposal area should be near to the quarry site and well-studied of Geotechnical properties. By following the above basic points we can design our waste disposal site and we can manage easily the blocks to the current global economy.

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