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Reuse of Plastic Waste in Eco-efficient Concrete presents the latest research findings on the application and use of recycled plastic waste in sustainable construction. Divided over four parts, the book's chapters cover various techniques for processing and separation of plastic wastes; use of recycled plastics as aggregates in modified concrete; as well as lightweight reinforced concrete applications too. There is also an entire section dedicated to asphalt mixtures. It also provides technological solutions on how recycled plastic wastes can be applied in concrete manufacturing. This will be a valuable reference source for academic and industrial researchers who are working with waste materials and the use of recycled plastics in concrete, as well as for civil and structural engineers, polymer production technologists, and concrete manufacturers.
List of contents
1 Reuse of plastic waste in eco-efficient concrete: an introductory guide
Part 1 Processing of plastic wastes2 Automated sorting technology for plastic waste
3 Impacts of techniques for plastic waste management
4 Production of recycled plastic fibers for concrete
Part 2 Concrete with recycled plastic as aggregates5 Properties of concrete containing polyethylene terephthalate and artificial lightweight aggregates: a case study
6 Improving the adhesion between recycled plastics aggregates and the cement matrix
7 Concrete based on chemically treated plastic aggregates
8 Utilizing recycled plastic aggregates in geopolymeric composites
9 Geopolymer composites containing recycled plastics and waste glass
Part 3 Concrete with recycled plastic fibers10 Use of recycled plastic fibers in self-compacting concrete
11 Breaking the plastic cycle: exploring the mechanical properties of polyethylene terephthalate fiber-reinforced concrete
12 Concrete using polypropylene fibers from COVID-19 single-use face masks
13 Recycling of plastic food packaging waste as fibers in concrete
14 Leaching performance of concrete with recycled plastic fibers
Part 4 Asphalt concrete with recycled plastic15 Performance of asphalt modified with low density polyethylene waste
16 Performance of asphalt mixtures with polyethylene terephthalate waste and lignin
17 A case study of the recycling of polyethylene into hot asphalt concrete
About the author
Dr. F. Pacheco-Torgal is a principal investigator at the University of Minho, in Portugal. He currently holds the title of Counsellor from the Portuguese Engineers Association and has authored more than 300 publications. He is a member of the editorial boards for 9 international journals. He has acted as a foreign expert in the evaluation of 30 PhD theses. In the last 10 years he has been a Member of the Scientific Committee for almost 60 conferences most of them in Asian countries. He is also a grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 15 countries including the UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Saudi Arabia, UA. Emirates, Croatia, Poland, and the EU Commission. He has also been an invited reviewer for 125 international journals and has reviewed almost 1200 papers and has been the lead editor of 27 books.
Professor Jamal Khatib is Chair of Civil Engineering at the Beirut Arab University, in the Lebanon and Emeritus Professor at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. His research interests are sustainable construction materials,
structural materials; using waste in construction, lightweight aggregates, admixtures and novel materials in construction applications.Francesco Colangelo is a Full Professor of Innovative Materials for Civil Engineering and the director of the master’s course in Safety Engineering in the Department of Engineering at Parthenope University of Naples, Italy. His main research areas include recycling of waste materials in concrete and geo-environmental and civil applications, treatment of MSWI fly ash, application of lifecycle assessment methodology to various processes for preparing innovative building materials, evaluation of the durability of mortars and concrete, stabilization and solidification of hazardous wastes, and synthesis of geopolymeric eco-sustainable materials based on industrial waste. He has extensive consultancy experience in the treatment and recycling of solid waste, remediation of old landfills, and resource recovery plants. He has served as the principal investigator for numerous research projects in collaboration with public and private companies. Since 2012, he has been a senior member of RILEM.
Dr. Rabin Tuladhar is an Associate Professor and Head of Engineering in the College of Science and Engineering at James Cook University, Australia. He served as Director of Engineering Studies (2018-2020) and Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching (ADLT) (2012-2018) for the College of Science and Engineering.
He is a Civil Engineer, with specialization in Concrete and Structure Engineering. He has established close collaborations with local industries to conduct translational research in the areas of sustainable and innovative construction materials, durability of structures, rehabilitation of aged infrastructure and structural health monitoring.
