Use of recycled plastic as fine aggregate in cementitious composites: A review

I Almeshal, BA Tayeh, R Alyousef… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Significant growth in the consumption of plastic products is observed all over the world in
recent years; this has contributed to increasing the production of plastic waste. Reuse of …

[HTML][HTML] Use of recycled fibers in concrete composites: A systematic comprehensive review

HU Ahmed, RH Faraj, N Hilal, AA Mohammed… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste materials are growing worldwide due to human consumption.
Nowadays, a different type of goods on large-scale is produced in the factories which is …

Investigation of the effectiveness of CFRP strengthening of concrete made with recycled waste PET fine plastic aggregate

S Qaidi, YSS Al-Kamaki, R Al-Mahaidi, AS Mohammed… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In recent decades, several studies have considered the use of plastic waste as a partial
substitute for aggregate in green concrete. Such concrete has been limited to non-structural …

Use of plastic waste as aggregate in cement mortar and concrete preparation: A review

N Saikia, J De Brito - Construction and Building Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
A substantial growth in the consumption of plastic is observed all over the world in recent
years, which has led to huge quantities of plastic-related waste. Recycling of plastic waste to …

Mechanical properties and abrasion behaviour of concrete containing shredded PET bottle waste as a partial substitution of natural aggregate

N Saikia, J De Brito - Construction and building materials, 2014 - Elsevier
The purpose of this work is to evaluate the effects of size and shape of recycled polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) aggregate on the fresh and hardened properties, including abrasion …

Potential use of recycled plastic and rubber aggregate in cementitious materials for sustainable construction: A review

R Alyousef, W Ahmad, A Ahmad, F Aslam… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increased awareness of the environment has contributed to concerns regarding our
indiscriminate disposal of plastic and rubber wastes that cause landfill problems. During the …

Use of different forms of waste plastic in concrete–a review

R Sharma, PP Bansal - Journal of cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
The consumption of various forms of plastics is a challenging environment protection issue.
All forms of consumed plastic become waste and require large areas of land for storage …

Mechanical and physical properties and morphology of concrete containing plastic waste as aggregate

M Belmokaddem, A Mahi, Y Senhadji… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The valorisation of plastic wastes has become a major environmental challenge. Their re-
use as aggregates in the manufacture of new construction materials may contribute to …

A step towards sustainable concrete with substitution of plastic waste in concrete: Overview on mechanical, durability and microstructure analysis

J Ahmad, A Majdi, A Babeker Elhag, AF Deifalla… - Crystals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plastics have become an essential part of our daily lives, and global plastic production has
increased dramatically in the past 50 years. This has significantly increased the amount of …

On the mechanical properties of concrete containing waste PET particles

E Rahmani, M Dehestani, MHA Beygi… - … and Building Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Polyethylene Therephthalate (PET) is a kind of polymer which is used in manufacturing
polyester fibers, bottle resin and engineering polyester in most of the countries around the …