Potential use of Plastic Waste as Construction Materials: Recent Progress and Future Prospect

Kamaruddin, Mohamad Anuar; Abdullah, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri; Zawawi, Mohd Hafiz; Zainol, M. R.R.A.

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/267/1/012011

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“…Inferring from the works of the authors mentioned here, it is evident that empirical findings indicate that the utilization of recycled plastic aggregates and fibers as fractional aggregate substitute is rather gaining substantial interests from many researchers. The findings of the review of Kamaruddin et al (2017) [50] also points out that the utilization of these materials could enhance concrete properties given suitable mix composition. Of course, the main motive here is to identify other destination of the plastic wastes rather than discarding directly.…”

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“…In addition, bock type 2 and 3 can results in improved compressive strength if the substituted plastic bottles are filled with high dense fine materials. Kamaruddin et al (2017) [50] conducted a study to ascertain the potential use of plastic waste as construction materials. To this effect, they sought to focus on a review of recent studies and future prospects.…”

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Exploration of Waste Plastic Bottles Use in Construction

Dadzie

Kaliluthin

Kumar³

2020

Civ Eng J

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The vision of this study is geared towards the exploitation of waste plastic bottle use in construction. This review paper is centers on the recycling of waste plastic bottles as a construction material as an effort to help solve the housing deficit in most developing countries including Ghana and to save the depletion of natural resources construction materials. In Ghana, plastic wastes are discarded randomly after usage, hence scatter around in cities, choking drains, and end up threatening our ecosystem. These predominant effects from the plastic wastes have necessitated the need for countries precisely developing countries including Ghana to seek more sustainable methods to reduce the drastic amount of plastic wastes in the environment. In view of the above, this paper focused on the recycling of waste plastic bottles as a construction material as an effort to solve the housing deficit in most developing countries including Ghana and to save the depletion of natural resources construction materials (stones and sand) are very much critical. In the reviews, an effort has been made to utilize the waster plastic bottles in construction by filling the bottles with soil, sand, solid waste materials as brick or block bounded with mortar as a masonry wall or the filled bottles are used as a substitute for the production of the masonry unit production. In summary, it was concluded based on varying test result that: (1) Plastic waste bottles are cheaper to acquire than most conventional construction materials and as such concrete or brick containing any amount of plastic bottle is noted to reduce the total quantities of conventional materials required, thereby reducing the cost as well. (2) The use of plastic waste bottles in construction contributes to environmental friendliness and energy savings since buildings with walls constructed of plastic bottles maintains room temperatures and contribute to energy saving and the cost of providing an artificial thermal control system. Doi: 10.28991/cej-2020-03091616 Full Text: PDF

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Section: Studies On Plastic Waste Bottles Use In Constructionmentioning

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Section: Studies On Plastic Waste Bottles Use In Constructionmentioning

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Exploration of Waste Plastic Bottles Use in Construction

Dadzie

Kaliluthin

Kumar³

2020

Civ Eng J

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“…Communities suffer the large amount of waste and this has led to environmental pollution and depletion of natural resources, and the increase in negative phenomena resulting from the use of wrong methods to get rid of these wastes and the negative consequences on public health and also suffer from plastic waste as it is one of the products manufactured from petrol, Which is used in many industries such as: making cups and dishes, but at the same time it does not decompose easily, it may take millions of years to decompose completely, so it is dangerous to the environment. The negative disposal of these wastes also affects the ozone layer, increasing global warming, increasing the temperature level in general, and burying some of the waste, which leads to soil spoilage, plant death and increases desertification rates [1][2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

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Developing and Implementing a Web-Based Recycling System for Protecting the Green Environment

Al-Omairi¹,

WejdanHamadAlNasheri²,

Al-Qarni³

et al. 2019

IJSEA

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Our society suffers a lot from the things that are thrown uselessly; these things may be beneficial to our society. On the other hand, communities suffer a lot of waste especially plastic waste; this has led to environmental pollution and depletion of natural resources. Therefore, this research aims to achieve sustainable development and achieve part of the Saudi Arabia vision 2030. Hence we have distributed a questionnaire to 88 responders, and based on the results of this study, which shows the importance of recycling and its impact on the environment and the extent of community interest in this subject and their supporters, The Let's Recycle site, based on the results of the questionnaire, will improve waste and plastics disposal in an environmentally positive manner.The proposed system was developed using the Unified Modelling Language (UML) and Microsoft Visual Studio2010 programming language.

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“…For all the plastics produced, only 9% are recycled, 12% incinerated, and 79% are accumulated in landfills or the natural environment 1,3 . Moreover, the generation of plastics waste represents on average about 13% of the solid waste composition produced in urban areas 4–6 . The generation of a great amount of solid waste puts a lot of pressure on the environment.…”

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“…Commodity plastics, among them polyethylene (PE), are used in high volume and wide range of applications such as films, packaging, and bags 8,9 . Therefore, commodities are the most consumed plastics and thus, the main contributors to this environmental problem 5 . PE is valued because it is chemically stable and virtually impenetrable to microorganisms.…”

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Ionizing radiation as adjuvant for the abiotic degradation of plastic bags containing pro‐oxidant additives

Aldás

Valle

Aguilar

et al. 2020

J of Applied Polymer Sci

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The effects of ionizing radiation in promoting the abiotic degradation mechanisms in oxo‐degradable plastic bags were studied. Commercial plastic bags, containing pro‐oxidant additives, were irradiated with gamma photons and accelerated electrons at doses of 5 and 10 kGy. Then, the irradiated bags were exposed to abiotic degradation, either thermal aging or accelerated weathering. Mechanical and microstructural characterizations were performed to follow the degradation. Plastic bags containing additives did not show important changes in their structure after ionizing radiation and thermal aging. Meanwhile, accelerated weathering combined with gamma photons irradiation produce fragmentation of all the samples after 120 h of degradation. It was concluded that the combination of ionizing radiation and accelerated weathering allows the breakage of polyethylene chains trough accelerating the activation of pro‐oxidant additive. Additionally, polyethylene molecules are degraded with pre‐treatment of ionizing radiation even if they do not contain the pro‐oxidant additive.

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Potential use of Plastic Waste as Construction Materials: Recent Progress and Future Prospect

Cited by 74 publications

References 32 publications

Exploration of Waste Plastic Bottles Use in Construction

Exploration of Waste Plastic Bottles Use in Construction

Developing and Implementing a Web-Based Recycling System for Protecting the Green Environment

Ionizing radiation as adjuvant for the abiotic degradation of plastic bags containing pro‐oxidant additives

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