Recently, many reviews have been reported based on investigating the use of diverse types of waste materials in construction. In 2016, Tiwari et al. presented a review assessing different industrial waste products such as bottom ash, waste foundry sand, copper slag, plastic waste, recycled rubber ...
In this mini-review, recycling of plastic wastes to materials useful in the building and construction sector as a viable solution to their environmental accumulation was focused on. Using pre-existent empirical studies, it was established that plastics can be used alone or in combination with other...
End-of-life treatment of construction, renovation, and demolition (CRD) plastic waste generated from day-to-day applications of plastics in the construction industry can negatively impact the environment if not handled properly. Addressing this issue is crucial considering the current unprecedented increa...
INTCO Recycling launched its PET recycling base in Malaysia. Spanning the recycling of multiple types of plastics, this facility transforms beverage bottles into food-grade plastic.
Plastics do have proven benefits during their use phase – for example preservation of food loss in packaging applications, lightweight construction of vehicles, and building insulation. Plastic waste, however, has become a major global challenge. Globally, around 250 million metric tons of plast...
Means and method for recycling of plastic materials This invention relates to a method and an apparatus in the recycling of plastics, by which it becomes possible to handle and to take care of the materials in a plant without preceding sorting into different kinds of plastic. After a poss.....
In the built environment, plastic has been incorporated into variousmaterials, products, and construction systems, contributing to an environmental crisis that seriously affects the well-being of millions of living beings. Faced with this problem, one possible direction is to shift away from utilizing...
refers to the process of recovering waste or scrap plastic bottle and reprocessing the materials into functional and useful products. The goal of recycling plastic bottle is to reduce high rates of plastic pollution while putting less pressure on virgin materials to produce brand new plastic products...
Once referred to as ‘materials of 1,000 uses’, plastics meet demands in everything from clothing and automotive sectors to the manufacturing of medical equipment and electronics. Concomitant with usage, worldwide generation of plastic solid waste incre
performance (Kidalova et al.2012; Kowalik and Ubysz2021; Sánchez-Pantoja et al.2023). Furthermore, for environmental benefits, industrial by-products like fly ash and ground granulated blast-furnace slag, as well as industrial waste such as glass, brick, clay, plastic, and ceramic wastes, ...