ASBESTOS RECOGNITION IN CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE BY HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING
Asbestos technological properties and its relatively low cost was the main reason, in
the past, for its wide utilization in many industrial sectors. Among the sectors, building and
construction ones utilized a lot of asbestos containing materials (ACM). During the construction and
demolition waste (C&DW) recycling process, ACM must be collected and separated from the other
wastes. C&DW materials includes, but are not limited to, bricks, concrete, masonry materials, roofing