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Use of recycled plastic in concrete: A review

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The effect of recycled and waste plastic on bulk density, air content, workability, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, impact resistance, permeability, and abrasion resistance is discussed in this paper.
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This article is published in Waste Management.The article was published on 2008-01-01. It has received 804 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Inert waste & Municipal solid waste.

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Mechanical and chemical recycling of solid plastic waste.

TL;DR: This review presents a comprehensive description of the current pathways for recycling of polymers, via both mechanical and chemical recycling, and discusses the main challenges and some potential remedies to these recycling strategies, thus providing an academic angle as well as an applied one.
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Properties and composition of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste suitable for concrete production

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the factors affecting the physical, chemical, mechanical, permeation and compositional properties of recycled aggregates sourced from construction and demolition waste, intended for concrete production.
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Use of plastic waste as aggregate in cement mortar and concrete preparation: A review

TL;DR: In this paper, a review on the recycling of plastic waste as aggregate in cement mortar and concrete productions is presented, which is divided into four different sections along with introduction and conclusion sections.
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Use of recycled plastics in concrete: A critical review.

TL;DR: The morphology of concrete containing plastic materials is described in this paper to explain the influence of plastic aggregates and plastic fibers on the properties of concrete.
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Recycling of PET bottles as fine aggregate in concrete.

TL;DR: It was found that the WPET concretes display similar workability characteristics, compressive strength and splitting tensile strength slightly lower that the reference concrete and a moderately higher ductility.
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Concrete : structure, properties, and materials

P.K. Mehta
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce concrete strength, dimensional stability durability, and early-age properties of hardened concrete, including hydraulic cements aggregates admixtures proportioning normal-weight concrete mixtures.
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Properties of concrete containing scrap-tire rubber--an overview.

TL;DR: An overview of some of the research published regarding the use of scrap-tires in portland cement concrete and the benefits of using magnesium oxychloride cement as a binder for rubberized concrete mixtures are presented.
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Use of selected waste materials in concrete mixes.

TL;DR: The main findings of this investigation revealed that the three types of waste materials could be reused successfully as partial substitutes for sand or coarse aggregates in concrete mixtures.
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Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites

TL;DR: In this article, the basic concepts of mechanical properties of fibers - tension, bending constitutive materials mixture proportions - mixing and casting procedures properties of freshly mixed FRC properties of hardened FRC compression, tension and flexure FRC under impact and fatigue loading creep, shrinkage and long-term performance of FRC plastic drying shrinkage fiber-reinforced shotcrete glass fiber reinforced cement (GFRF) thin sheet products slurry infiltrated fiber concrete (SIFCON).
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Electronic waste recycling: A review of U.S. infrastructure and technology options

TL;DR: In this article, various recycling technologies for the glass, plastics, and metals found in e-waste are discussed and compared on the basis of available technologies, resources, and material input-output systems.
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