Open AccessBAUXITE RESOURCE EXPLOITATION IN GREECE VS SUSTAINABILITY
Author(s) -
Ch. Anagnostou
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
deltio tīs ellīnikīs geōlogikīs etaireias/deltio tīs ellīnikīs geōlogikīs etaireias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2529-1718
pISSN - 0438-9557
DOI - 10.12681/bgsg.11644
Subject(s) - bauxite , sustainability , natural resource economics , work (physics) , renewable energy , resource (disambiguation) , investment (military) , environmental protection , business , environmental science , environmental engineering , engineering , political science , economics , ecology , chemistry , mechanical engineering , computer network , electrical engineering , politics , computer science , law , biology
In the central part of Greece bauxite ore deposits are systematically exploited since more than fifty years, initially by a French industrial group and since few years by a Greek investment group. This “economical” activity uses the non renewable mineral resources of bauxite, non renewable energy sources, as well as significant amount of water and it exports to the environment pollutants andbyproducts. CO2, NOx, F, PAHs are diffused to the atmosphere, polluting the soil of the adjacent area. Big amount of red mud is deviated to the sea, covering an extended shelf area and parts of deeper marine areas. The aim of this work is to evaluate this “economic” activity using principles of the sustainability science. In its broadest definition, sustainability refers to the ability of a society to continue functioning into the future without being forced into decline through the exhaustion or overloading of key resources.