A comprehensive review of global production and recycling methods of polyolefin (PO) based products and their post-recycling applications

D Jubinville, E Esmizadeh, S Saikrishnan… - Sustainable materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Presently, environmental problems and regulations have caused awareness to producer
liability concerning plastics recycling as they try to meet global demand. Process-induced …

[HTML][HTML] Use of recycled fibers in concrete composites: A systematic comprehensive review

HU Ahmed, RH Faraj, N Hilal, AA Mohammed… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste materials are growing worldwide due to human consumption.
Nowadays, a different type of goods on large-scale is produced in the factories which is …

[HTML][HTML] A review of unconventional sustainable building insulation materials

F Asdrubali, F D'Alessandro, S Schiavoni - Sustainable Materials and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Building insulation is commonly realized using materials obtained from petrochemicals
(mainly polystyrene) or from natural sources processed with high energy consumptions …

Potential use of recycled plastic and rubber aggregate in cementitious materials for sustainable construction: A review

R Alyousef, W Ahmad, A Ahmad, F Aslam… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The increased awareness of the environment has contributed to concerns regarding our
indiscriminate disposal of plastic and rubber wastes that cause landfill problems. During the …

Functions and impacts of plastic/rubber wastes as eco-friendly aggregate in concrete–A review

X Li, TC Ling, KH Mo - Construction and building materials, 2020 - Elsevier
About 6.5 billion tons of discarded plastic and rubber wastes are generated every year
globally, and the disposal of these wastes poses a great threat to the environment due to …

Engineering properties of concrete with waste recycled plastic: A review

AJ Babafemi, B Šavija, SC Paul, V Anggraini - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The abundance of waste plastic is a major issue for the sustainability of the environment as
plastic pollutes rivers, land, and oceans. However, the versatile behavior of plastic (it is …

Life cycle cost assessment and multi-criteria decision analysis of environment-friendly building insulation materials-A review

J Zhao, S Li - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
The effective application of solid waste in building insulation materials is of great
significance to the global economic and social development, because energy shortages and …

Use of recycled plastic in self-compacting concrete: A comprehensive review on fresh and mechanical properties

RH Faraj, HFH Ali, AFH Sherwani, BR Hassan… - Journal of Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to manufacturing processes, municipal solid wastes and service industries, huge
amount of waste materials are generated. Recently, a considerable growth in the plastic …

The possibility of enhancing some properties of self-compacting concrete by adding waste plastic fibers

AI Al-Hadithi, NN Hilal - Journal of Building Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
An attempt was carried out to develop some properties of self-compacted concrete (SCC) by
adding waste plastic fibers (WPF) resulting from cutting beverage bottles. Many tests were …

Green concrete: By-products utilization and advanced approaches

A Al-Mansour, CL Chow, L Feo, R Penna, D Lau - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The popularity of concrete has been accompanied with dreadful consumptions that have led
to huge carbon footprint in our environment. The exhaustion of natural resources is not yet …