Experimental investigation on concrete partially replaced with waste glass powder and waste eplastic

Abstract

Nowadays, due to the needs and wants in the development of infrastructures, both in rural and urban areas, the utilisation of building materials had increased and caused tremendous demand for consumption of such materials. This scenario was considered for investigation because during the process of production some of the building materials were utilized extensively as natural resources and as raw materials. Hence, it is imperative to provide a workable solution with the existing alternative materials or industrial waste products instead of natural resources. In recent years, both electronic wastes and glass wastes have contributed a huge amount to the total waste stream. The Indian government is dedicated to the cause of bringing rapid and sustainable development in rural and urban areas in order to process such wastes. Last year, domestic hazardous wastes were completely increased at an alarming rate due to the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Rapid techno and social age have led to generations of huge waste in the cities. Industrial wastes products, both Waste Glass Powder (WGP) and Waste Electronic Plastic (WEP) are abundantly available these days through which excessive and increased productivity could be obtained as a vital waste resource, due to a single use policy. In India, more than 3,000 dump sites that are to be reclaimed are closed and these dump sites had created irreversible cause of damage such as generation of leachates, emission of greenhouse gases, and pollution of groundwater to its surrounding environment. newlineAt present, WGP and WEP are utilised individually as ingredients for concrete manufacturing. Combined utilisation of these wastes were not studied so far, which was identified as a gap through the literature study. Hence, in this context, the present investigation was carried out in order to assess the combined utilisation of WGP and WEP in concrete manufacturing. newline