Subsurface use waste accounts for the overwhelming majority of waste generated and accumulated in Russia. The increase in the volume of processing of minerals by the mining and processing industries leads to an aggravation of environmental problems – the negative impact of overburden dumps, tailings of enrichment and processing of mineral raw materials on the environment is increasing. Using the example of three types of rocks, the possibility of using carbonate subsurface use waste as raw materials in the formation of photocatalytic composite materials (PCM) in the production of building materials and products, and simultaneously solving environmental problems of territories through large-scale utilization of man-made waste, is considered. A complex of physical (porosity, specific surface area, dispersion, surface morphology) and chemical (chemical composition, acid-base centers, zeta potential, hydrogen index) studies of the properties of carbonate materials of various genetic types have been carried out to determine the possibility of their use as a substrate in the production of PCM. The photocatalytic material obtained by depositing sol-gel synthesized titanium compounds onto a mineral carrier is intended for incorporation into cement building composites and for giving them self-cleaning properties during operation. The mineral powders of limestone from the Tyushevskoye (T) and Porechenskoye (P) deposits and marble from the Polotskoye deposit were ranked according to certain requirements – dispersion, porosity, and adsorption activity. The establishment of numerical indicators for each type of raw material made it possible to determine the degree of suitability of mineral powders of carbonate rocks for the production of composite materials introduced into the composition of building materials. A ranking of mineral powders was carried out to increase the potential efficiency of use in the composition of PCM in the following sequence: limestone T → limestone P → marble. PCM based on carbonate carriers exhibit high rates of organic pollutant degradation (more than 90 %) and are applicable as photocatalytic agents.