Sustainability and aggregates: selected (European) issues and cases Trajnostni razvoj in mineralne surovine za gradbeništvo: izbrana (evropska) vprašanja in primeri prakse

Sustainable aggregate resource management (SARM) is based on three pillars of sustainability: environmental, economic and social. The main environmental aspect is preventing or minimizing negative impacts by following these principles: precautionary principle, polluters’ pay, and eco-efficiency. Economic aspects are (a) maintaining a viable business environment; (b) encouraging value-added production and employment; (c) embracing full-cost accounting while remaining competitive, and (d) providing for the material requirements of society. Social aspects incorporate: (a) identifying stakeholders’ values, interests, goals, furthermore (b) transparency, (c) public participation in decision making, (d) communication and education. In order to provide information, indicators of sustainability for minerals of the European Union and indicators for aggregates for selected countries, including Slovenia are presented. Povzetek: V clanku obravnavamo gospodarjenje z mineralnimi surovinami za gradbenistvo po nacelih trajnostnega razvoja, pri cemer so upostevani okoljski, gospodarski ter družbeni vidiki. Okoljski vidik uposteva preprecevanje oziroma zmanjsevanje negativnih vplivov na okolje, pri cemer uposteva nacela: previdnosti, onesnaževalec placa ter ekoucinkovitost. Ekonomski vidiki so: ohranjanje gospodarske dejavnosti, povecevanje dodane vrednosti in zaposlenosti, upostevanje vseh stroskov proizvodnje ter ohranjanje materialne osnove za blaginjo družbe. Družbeni vidiki upostevajo vrednote in interese udeležene javnosti, transparentnost, sodelovanje javnosti pri odlocanju, komunikacijo in izobraževanje. Poleg 346 Solar, S., ShielDS, D., langer, W., anciaux, P. RMZ-M&G 2007, 54 tega obravnavamo tudi kazalce gospodarjenja z mineralnimi surovinami glede na vse tri vidike trajnostnega razvoja, in sicer na nivoju Evropske unije ter posameznih držav, vkljucno Slovenije.