— Even though it would be in nature's best interest, a worldwide ban on sand mining is not an option as the demand for sand is enormous and ever-growing (Gallagher and Peduzzi, 2019).Between 1900 and 2010 the global demand for sand increased 23-fold (Torres et al., 2017) and it is expected to grow to a colossal 82 billion tons by 2060 …