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Retraction

RETRACTED: Mohammadhosseini et al. Towards Sustainable Concrete Composites through Waste Valorisation of Plastic Food Trays as Low-Cost Fibrous Materials. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2073

by
Hossein Mohammadhosseini
1,*,
Rayed Alyousef
2,* and
Mahmood Md. Tahir
1
1
Institute for Smart Infrastructure and Innovative Construction (ISIIC), School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai 81310, Johor, Malaysia
2
Department of Civil Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj 16273, Saudi Arabia
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2025, 17(9), 3964; https://doi.org/10.3390/su17093964
Submission received: 26 March 2025 / Accepted: 26 March 2025 / Published: 28 April 2025
Versions Notes
The journal retracts the article “Towards Sustainable Concrete Composites through Waste Valorisation of Plastic Food Trays as Low-Cost Fibrous Materials” [1] cited above.
Following publication, concerns were brought to the attention of the Editorial Office relating to the potential duplication of images between this article and other publications [2,3], produced by the same authorship group.
Adhering to our standard procedure, an investigation was conducted by the Editorial Office and Editorial Board that confirmed a high level of similarity between Figure 7 [1] and Figure 8 [2] and Figure 14 [1] with Figure 12 in the retracted article [3], reporting different materials. While the authors cooperated with the Editorial Office during the investigation, they were unable to satisfactorily explain the similarities. Consequently, the Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief were unable to confirm the reliability of the findings and subsequently decided to retract this paper as per MDPI’s retraction policy (https://www.mdpi.com/ethics#_bookmark30).
This retraction was approved by the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Sustainability.
The authors did not provide a comment on this decision.

References

  1. Mohammadhosseini, H.; Alyousef, R.; Md. Tahir, M. RETRACTED: Towards Sustainable Concrete Composites through Waste Valorisation of Plastic Food Trays as Low-Cost Fibrous Materials. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2073. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  2. Alrshoudi, F.; Mohammadhosseini, H.; Md. Tahir, M.; Alyousef, R.; Alghamdi, H.; Alharbi, Y.R.; Alsaif, A. Sustainable Use of Waste Polypropylene Fibers and Palm Oil Fuel Ash in the Production of Novel Prepacked Aggregate Fiber-Reinforced Concrete. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4871. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  3. Mohammadhosseini, H.; Awal, A.S.M.A.; Yatim, J.B.M. The impact resistance and mechanical properties of concrete reinforced with waste polypropylene carpet fibres. Constr. Build. Mater. 2017, 143, 147–157. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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Mohammadhosseini, H.; Alyousef, R.; Tahir, M.M. RETRACTED: Mohammadhosseini et al. Towards Sustainable Concrete Composites through Waste Valorisation of Plastic Food Trays as Low-Cost Fibrous Materials. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2073. Sustainability 2025, 17, 3964. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17093964

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Mohammadhosseini H, Alyousef R, Tahir MM. RETRACTED: Mohammadhosseini et al. Towards Sustainable Concrete Composites through Waste Valorisation of Plastic Food Trays as Low-Cost Fibrous Materials. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2073. Sustainability. 2025; 17(9):3964. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17093964

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Mohammadhosseini, Hossein, Rayed Alyousef, and Mahmood Md. Tahir. 2025. "RETRACTED: Mohammadhosseini et al. Towards Sustainable Concrete Composites through Waste Valorisation of Plastic Food Trays as Low-Cost Fibrous Materials. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2073" Sustainability 17, no. 9: 3964. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17093964

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Mohammadhosseini, H., Alyousef, R., & Tahir, M. M. (2025). RETRACTED: Mohammadhosseini et al. Towards Sustainable Concrete Composites through Waste Valorisation of Plastic Food Trays as Low-Cost Fibrous Materials. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2073. Sustainability, 17(9), 3964. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17093964

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