[HTML][HTML] Review of recycling waste plastics in asphalt paving materials

L You, Z Long, Z You, D Ge, X Yang, F Xu… - Journal of Traffic and …, 2022 - Elsevier
An ever-growing demand for depleted natural resources is one of the significant challenges
facing the global asphalt pavement industry in building and maintaining global asphalt …

[HTML][HTML] Pyrolysis of polyolefin plastic waste and potential applications in asphalt road construction: A technical review

C Abdy, Y Zhang, J Wang, Y Yang, I Artamendi… - Resources, conservation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pressures on the current plastic waste management infrastructure has made the growth of
new sustainable recycling capacities crucial. Pyrolysis is an emerging thermochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Rheological properties of asphalt binder modified with waste polyethylene: An interlaboratory research from the RILEM TC WMR

D Wang, A Baliello, L Poulikakos… - Resources …, 2022 - Elsevier
Significant volumes of waste materials such as plastics is generated every year worldwide
with a potentially harmful impact on the environment. At the same time, the demand for …

Compressive behavior and durability performance of high-volume fly-ash concrete with plastic waste and graphene nanoplatelets by using response-surface …

M Adamu, P Trabanpruek, V Limwibul… - Journal of Materials in …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Plastic waste (PW) generation continuously increases every year due to the growing
population and demand for plastic materials. This situation poses a challenge to many …

Utilization of scrap plastics in asphalt binders

S Amirkhanian - Eco-efficient pavement construction materials, 2020 - Elsevier
In 1907 Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic was produced. The rapid growth in global plastic
production, for many reasons, initiated in 1950s. The annual production of plastics increased …

Performance of hot-mix asphalt and modified binders containing polyethylene

F Tahmoorian, S Liyanapathirana… - … Engineering, Part B …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
The demand for high-performance asphalt pavements has been increasing in recent years
due to increased traffic volume, automobile size and weight, and rising temperatures due to …

The impact of recycled plastic waste in Morocco on bitumen physical and rheological properties

N Akkouri, K Baba, S Simou, N Alanssari… - Recent Thoughts in …, 2020 - Springer
Morocco is getting into the circular economy and wants to increase its overall recycling rate
from 5% to more than 20%. Today we find that plastic waste production reaches the level of …

Effect of PET size, content and mixing process on the rheological characteristics of flexible pavement

TW Mahdi, S Senadheera, T Ghebrab - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The performance of asphalt binder reinforced with waste plastic polyethylene terephthalate
(PET) was investigated. Penetration, ductility, softening point, and rotational viscosity tests …

Recycled thermoplastics modified bitumen improved with thermoplastic elastomer

N Akkouri, K Baba, S Simou, L ELfarissi… - E3S Web of …, 2020 - e3s-conferences.org
The use of different types of recycled plastic waste such as recycled polypropylene (PP),
recycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and recycled polystyrene (PS), as raw materials …

Compatibility and Self-Healing Properties of Asphalt Binder with Polyethylene Plastics: Observations from Coarse-Grained Molecular Simulation

J Tang, H Wang - Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Recycled polyethylene (PE) has been used in asphalt modification for sustainability benefits
but shows complex interaction with asphalt matrix. This study investigated compatibility and …