Design for Sustainable Behaviour: Resource Efficiency and Valuable Waste Recovery

A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Processes".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2022) | Viewed by 1821

Special Issue Editor

Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia
Interests: sustainable concrete; bio-concrete; self-healing concrete; waste management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Thanks to the modern lifestyle, the generation of industrial wastes has been accelerating and becoming a serious concern in recent years. Non-biodegradable and toxic waste materials play a crucial part in  environmental pollution and need to be managed safely. On the other hand, the concrete industry is one of the main consumers of natural aggregates and major contributors to carbon dioxide emissions. Recent research has shown that upcycling waste materials in concrete not only contributes to net-zero carbon emissions but also improves some properties of concrete. This Special Issue will describe recent advances in waste management and upcycling different forms (e.g., powder, fine or coarse aggregates, fiber) of industrial waste materials (e.g, plastic, rubber, glass, steel, polymer, electronic circuit, LED) in concrete. It also discusses the environmental benefits of upcycling waste materials in concrete. In addition, improvements in mechanical and/or rheological properties of concrete containing waste materials are examined, and the behavior of concrete subjected to harsh environments such as seawater, sewage, and elevated temperature is also assessed.

Papers accepted for publication in this Special Issue should contain novel, high-quality research. The purpose of the Special Issue is to collect manuscripts that describe the latest achievements in the field of waste management and upcycling industrial wastes in concrete. The Special Issue will be prepared in such a way that will allow the literature to be supplemented with a lot of new content and create a platform for the exchange of experiences between scientists dealing with environmental protection and concrete industry.

Dr. Hamed Allahyari
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • concrete
  • waste management
  • environmental protection
  • upcycling
  • industrial waste
  • net-zero carbon emissions

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Recovery of Mineral Wool Waste and Recycled Aggregates for Use in the Manufacturing Processes of Masonry Mortars
by Daniel Ferrández, Manuel Álvarez, Pablo Saiz and Alicia Zaragoza-Benzal
Processes 2022, 10(5), 830; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10050830 - 22 Apr 2022
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Abstract
The environmental problems caused by industrial waste are of a universal nature. In this sense, achieving an adequate management of construction and demolition waste has become one of the great challenges of today’s society. This work studies the possibility of recovering mineral wool [...] Read more.
The environmental problems caused by industrial waste are of a universal nature. In this sense, achieving an adequate management of construction and demolition waste has become one of the great challenges of today’s society. This work studies the possibility of recovering mineral wool thermal insulation waste for its reincorporation into the manufacturing process of masonry mortar. To this end, an experimental campaign has been conducted with mortars made with natural aggregate and two types of recycled aggregates: concrete and mixed ceramic, in which mineral wool fibers are incorporated as a partial replacement of sand in percentages of 0%, 10% and 20%. The results show that, although the traditional mortars offer better technical performance, the mortars made with recycled aggregate present adequate viability for use on-site. Furthermore, it has been concluded that the incorporation of recycled mineral wool fibers in the mortar matrix decreases the thermal conductivity and shrinkage during the setting of these materials, increasing their mechanical flexural strength and durability. Full article
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