The company Asbeter Holding is developing a process that breaks down asbestos to the last fibre. And it does so using only water, electricity and the chemical properties of the material itself. The final product is also reusable.

‘Every year there are still at least twice as many asbestos victims as traffic victims,’ states Inez Postema, CEO and founder of Asbeter Holding. ‘In addition, we are barely getting rid of asbestos.’ Currently, landfills are usually the last destination for asbestos-containing building materials, including roofing sheets. Destruction by incineration or grinding, for example, is very expensive, environmentally unfriendly and does not guarantee an asbestos-free final material. Postema: ‘You could say that the world has a serious asbestos problem. But since May this year, we can say with certainty that we have found the solution.’