Use of Waste Materials in Construction Industry
A special issue of Waste (ISSN 2813-0391).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 62
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solid waste management; waste valorization; resource recovery; circular economy; zero waste; waste-to-energy; waste-to-materials; landfilling; thermal processing
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Interests: sewage sludge managementresource recyclingbiomass waste biorefinerycatalytic processingthermochemical conversion
Interests: environmental microbiology; bioprocesses; organic waste management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The construction sector contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and impacts climate change. The utilization of non-renewable resources can also cause material depletion and sustainability issues. To address these matters considering circular economy principles, waste materials can be recycled in the construction industry. Materials like construction and demolition waste, mine tailings, slag, incineration ash, tires, glass, contaminated soil, sediment, and other solid waste can substitute cement and aggregates as sustainable construction materials. This approach not only has environmental benefits but also has economic and societal impacts. We invite authors to submit original research articles and reviews on waste materials in the construction industry. Contributions can cover, but are not limited to, the following areas: (1) sustainable concrete made from waste materials; (2) life cycle assessment of the cement industry; (3) advanced properties of reinforced concrete made of recycled waste; (4) evaluation of the long-term durability of sustainable concrete; and the (5) material characterization and new testing protocols of sustainable construction materials.
Dr. Apostolos Giannis
Guest Editor
Dr. Chao He
Dr. Amy Tan
Co-Guest Editors
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Keywords
- circular economy
- ash/slag reuse
- mine tailings
- CO2 mitigation
- green concrete
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