Michèle Queneudec

TL;DR: The aim of this review is to emphasise the importance of measure as well as possible, the last stage of the biodegradation, in order to certify the integration of new materials into the biogeochemical cycles.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that plastic bottles shredded into small PET particles may be used successfully as sand-substitution aggregates in cementitious concrete composites, which would appear to offer an attractive low-cost material with consistent properties.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the potential utilization of rubber waste in cementitious matrix, as fine aggregates, to develop lightweight construction materials and found that the increase in rubber content decreases the sample unit weight with a large reduction in the strength and elastic modulus values of the composites.

TL;DR: In this article, the thermal conductivity of a lightweight construction material containing rubber waste particles was investigated using a transient plane source (TPS) technique, and the results indicated that the thermal insulating effect of rubber particles is most attractive and indicates a high and promising potential for development.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of wood shavings on thermal conductivity of sand concretes was investigated and it was shown that the inclusion of wood-shavings into the sand concrete reduces material density to a considerable extent, while the structure remaining homogeneous and with a strong wood-matrix adherence.