Process for utilizing waste salt mixtures from halex reactions

The invention relates to a process for utilizing waste salt mixtures from HALEX reactions, comprising at least one alkali metal chloride and at least one alkali metal fluoride or bifluoride, and optionally one or more organic compounds, which are depleted by extraction, by contacting the resulting waste salt mixture with concentrated sulfuric acid, removing the resulting hydrogen chloride for the most part by flushing with an inert gas, and reacting the salt-containing sulfuric acid with calcium fluoride to give hydrogen fluoride and alkali metal sulfate-containing calcium sulfate, which can be processed to give a building material binder.