The company is involved in the manufacturing of building blocks made up of recycled polystyrene and cement. The company calls its blocks as the most energy efficient block in the market, they keep 2,830 pounds of polystyrene out of landfills per home built. The company is also engaged in ...
Tiwari et al. presented a review assessing different industrial waste products such as bottom ash, waste foundry sand, copper slag, plastic waste, recycled rubber waste and crushed glass aggregate as a replacement of fine aggregates in concrete (Tiwari...
CONSTRUCTION materialsOne of the innovations in utilizing plastic waste is to process it into Plastic Blocks for Wall Pairs (BPBPD). This research aimed ... RPAS Kompiang,Warmadewanthi - 《Journal of Social Research》 被引量: 0发表: 2023年 Utilization of plastic waste in construction industry...
Concrete component made of recycled aggregates and rice husk ash with rice straw insulation. Credit: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft When it comes to sustainable development, the construction industry faces great challenges. In the ReMatBuilt project, experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Wil...
Recycled plastic is a sustainable material that people can use in construction. Plastic waste is a primary environmental concern, and recycling it can help reduce the amount of waste in landfills. People can use recycled plastic to create building materials such as insulation, roofing tiles, and ...
For the first time, researchers at Aalto University examined how much film plastic is produced in the construction of apartment blocks. When the amount of waste is known at different stages of construction, recycling can also be made to work, researchers say. ...
specific performance requirements and/or industry standards must be met by recycled plastic manufacturers. Usually, the amount of recycled material included in the new product depends on the application. However, impure plastic materials may result in a lower quality product and worse performance since...
Short communicationOpen access Strength and durability properties of geopolymer paver blocks made with fly ash and brick kiln rice husk ash Shaik Numan Mahdi, Dushyanth V Babu R, Nabil Hossiney, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah Article e00800 View PDF Article preview ...
Recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) is recognized as an environmentally friendly construction material derived from reclaimed concrete components. This paper
Composite materials Waste plastic Skid resistance Microstructure properties Recycling Sustainable construction 1. Introduction Pavement is the surface of roads and walkways, composed of bricks, blocks, concrete, and stones. Over the years, this technology has been extensively employed for constructing footpa...