Epoxy Screed as Possible Protection of Floor Surfaces

2015 ◽  
Vol 1100 ◽  
pp. 166-169
Author(s):  
Lenka Mészárosová ◽  
Eva Tůmová ◽  
Rostislav Drochytka

Nowadays, there is a tendency to use as much of waste products as possible to produce building materials. Every waste product used eliminates the inconvenience associated with the waste disposal process. Consequently, the waste recovery process becomes not only ecological but also economical. Many waste materials, which have not been sufficiently used so far, could very well substitute materials that would otherwise have to be elaborately prepared.

2018 ◽  
Vol 761 ◽  
pp. 181-188
Author(s):  
Ehud Cohen ◽  
Gabriela Bar Nes ◽  
Alva Peled

The main goal of our work is to develop an alternative building material based on “zero waste” objective, thus creating commercially valuable products from materials that are otherwise high-volume waste products. Fine dolomitic quarry dust is a waste product manufactured in several millions of cubic tons each year in the mining industry of Israel. Our study examines a sustainable and useful solution to use this quarry dust (QD) as a part of fly ash based geopolymeric systems. Mechanical, thermal and chemical properties were examined and analyzed.


2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Holtzer ◽  
R. Dańko ◽  
J. Dańko ◽  
Z. Pytel

Abstract The problem related to the management of post reclamation dusts generated in the reclamation process of waste moulding sands with organic binders is presented in the hereby paper. Waste materials generated in this process are products hazardous for the environment and should be utilised. The prototype stand for the utilisation of this dangerous material in its co-burning with coal was developed and patented in AGH in Krakow. The stand was installed in one of the domestic casting houses. As the utilisation result the transformed waste product is obtained and its management in the production of ceramic materials constitutes the subject of the presented publication.


2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-54
Author(s):  
Hendrico Firzandy Latupeirissa ◽  
Gierlang Bhakti Putra ◽  
Niki Prastomo

Brick debris that makes up the majority of construction waste has not received proper waste disposal in Indonesia. On the other hand, brick debris could be potentially reused as non-structural building materials to reduce its negative impact on the environment. This study aims to test the effectiveness of soundproofing on recycled brick debris. The soundproof test was carried out on brick debris in the form of fine and coarse grains. The simulation box is then used as a support for the brickwork material and then the box is exposed to a sound source with a certain level of noise that is considered disturbing human comfort. Noise level measurements are made in the outside and inside the box. These measurements are tabulated and then analyzed to see the success of the two aggregates in reducing noise. Basically, the brickwork material has succeeded in becoming a recycled building material that can absorb noise, although further research must be carried out to be able to state that this material is truly ready to be used as an alternative building material with good acoustic capabilities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 723 (3) ◽  
pp. 032053
Author(s):  
N P Mishurov ◽  
M M Voytyuk ◽  
P N Vinogradov ◽  
O P Machneva ◽  
V A Voytyuk

2011 ◽  
Vol 250-253 ◽  
pp. 1001-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
De Zhen Chen ◽  
Cui Jie Geng ◽  
Wen Zhou Sun

Evaluation indexes system has been put forward in this paper for quantifying thesystematical energy consumption, resources consumption, total emissions’ change and waste disposal capacity in road construction with recycled waste materials involved. With help of this evaluation indexes system, the contributions to environmental improvement caused by recycling waste materials in road construction can be quantified through calculating savings on environmental impact potentials, savings on energy consumption, on virgin materials’ consumption and waste disposal capacity provided by road construction. Based on the construction project of a road section numbered No.20 EWK0+400 ~ EWK0+600 of North highway to Shanghai Pudong international airport, which was the first trial project of using several kinds of recycled waste materials including bottom ash from incinerators to replace commonly used materials such as gravel in large scale in road pavement, the results of the four indexes, namely, savings on energy consumption and virgin materials’ consumption, environmental impact potentials as well as waste disposal capacity were obtained. It was found out that with multi recycled waste materials replacing part of the common construction material, systematical energy consumption can be reduced by 30%, a large amount of virgin resource consumption can be avoid and road construction also provides a remarkable large “dumping site” for solid wastes; while at the same time environmental impact potentials were saved for most impact categories except for increase in Ecotoxicity, water chronic, which was caused by heavy metals’ leaching and can be prevented by pre-treatment. Those results are useful for guiding the utilization of recycled waste materials, as well as for developing new technology process and advanced materials in road construction.


2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-152
Author(s):  
Nasrullah ◽  
Abdul Haseeb Ansari ◽  
Adis Putri Nelaniken

Indonesia is recognized as a country with high potential in maritime resources. However, Indonesia is also known as the second-largest contributor to plastic waste in the ocean. It is estimated that Indonesia contributes around 200,000 tonnes of plastic disposals. The highest pollutant of the plastic product was found to be cigarette butts. The trillions of cigarette butts generate chemical contamination the ocean waters. Chemicals that leach from the cigarette butts are extremely toxic to the aquatic life in the ocean. The marine pollution caused by this contamination was never seriously noticed, even though the huge number of cigarette butts were found in the sea. A grave concern should be shown on the impacts of the cigarette butts to the ocean. The objective of this article is to elaborate on Indonesian law dealing with the issue the cigarette butt pollution contaminating the oceans of Indonesia.This article is the result of normative research which analyzes exiting statutes and cases that aims at protecting the marine ecosystem from the cigarette filter disposal. This research attempts to analyze the existing laws and regulations in Indonesia on the protection of the marine ecosystem from toxic and hazardous wastes, especially from cigarette butts waste disposal. The results of this study show that to date there is no specific regulation dealing with tobacco waste product disposals. Accordingly, the government is suggested to enact a set of specific and effective regulations pertaining to tobacco waste products as done by some developed countries or states such as Singapore and Australia, so that marine pollution caused by cigarette butts could be prevented. 


Author(s):  
Henry Tata Kimeng ◽  
Olurotimi Olusegun Ekundayo ◽  
Mustapha Sani ◽  
Kigha Frederick

Issues bothering on sustainability in our society today have generated a lot of curious interest among researchers. The need to optimize the use of scarce resources, reduce cost of construction, and reduce environmental pollution has necessitated the research into many waste materials that pose a lot of threat to the environment. One of these waste materials is groundnut shell which is abundant in Northern Nigeria and which is normally left to rot and pose an environmental nuisance. This research therefore sought to use groundnut shell as a partial or full replacement as fine aggregate in light concrete panels with the ultimate aim of reducing the amount of these waste products in our environment and also indirectly increasing groundnut production if the research is successful. This is because farmers will not only sell the groundnuts but also will sell the waste products. 63 concrete samples were casted using groundnut shell replacements of 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 70%, 100% and tested for 7days, 14days and 28 days for compressive strength tests. The density of the various samples measured and swelling tests were also carried out. From the results of the laboratory tests the density of the cubes ranged from 830kg/m3 for cubes with only groundnut shells to 2160kg/m3 for cubes with only sand as fine aggregates. The average compressive strength range for 0% ground shell to 100% ground shell was 5.83N/mm2 to 0.9N/mm2 at 7 days, 8.07 to 0.5 N/mm2 at 14 days and 10 to 0.6 N/mm2 at 28 days while moisture absorption increased from 0.47 to 2.04%. The strength results indicate that groundnut shell panels cannot be used for structural purposes but will be suitable for non-load bearing partition walls. Replacements of 30 to 70% had suitable strength and can be used for this purpose. It is recommended that further research to be carried out to determine its acoustic and thermal properties.


Author(s):  
C. U. Okpoechi ◽  
C. A. Emma-Ochu ◽  
L. C. Ibemere ◽  
P. Ibe ◽  
E. O. Onwuka ◽  
...  

Affordable housing has remained a major challenge in Nigeria, as housing costs have continued to rise beyond the reach of the low income population. This paper explores the use of waste products like rice husk as alternative materials for housing construction. Rice husk is abundant as a waste product in areas where rice is processed commercially in Southeast Nigeria. The aim of the study is to create rice husk blocks that are cheap, lightweight, and appropriate for use in low income housing construction. The study was conducted through experimentation in the Building Technology workshop of Federal Polytechnic Nekede. A series of trial mixes were done involving a wide range of materials and mix proportions. Rice husk, Portland cement, and cassava starch, were found to be the most appropriate components for the blocks. The blocks produced were of good appearance, and lightweight. Five samples of solid core blocks measuring 150x150x150mm were tested in Strength of Materials laboratory of the Federal University of Technology Owerri. The average compressive strength of the blocks was 0.26N/mm2, which is below the Nigerian Industrial Standard NIS 87:2007. The blocks produced were considered appropriate for use as non-load bearing partitions and not structural walls. The result of the study is promising because the rice husk blocks help address the waste management problem in affected areas, and could also be an important component of a potentially useful material. This paper recommends further research in the area of improving the strength of the blocks, to make them usable as structural components in low rise buildings.


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Tareq Rahman ◽  
Abbas Mohajerani ◽  
Filippo Giustozzi

Waste management has become an issue of increasing concern worldwide. These products are filling landfills and reducing the amount of livable space. Leachate produced from landfills contaminates the surrounding environment. The conventional incineration process releases toxic airborne fumes into the atmosphere. Researchers are working continuously to explore sustainable ways to manage and recycle waste materials. Recycling and reuse are the most efficient methods in waste management. The pavement industry is one promising sector, as different sorts of waste are being recycled into asphalt concrete and bitumen. This paper provides an overview of some promising waste products like high-density polyethylene, marble quarry waste, building demolition waste, ground tire rubber, cooking oil, palm oil fuel ash, coconut, sisal, cellulose and polyester fiber, starch, plastic bottles, waste glass, waste brick, waste ceramic, waste fly ash, and cigarette butts, and their use in asphalt concrete and bitumen. Many experts have investigated these waste materials and tried to find ways to use this waste for asphalt concrete and bitumen. In this paper, the outcomes from some significant research have been analyzed, and the scope for further investigation is discussed.


Author(s):  
Anum Ishaq ◽  
Ubaid ur Rahman ◽  
Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad ◽  
Amna Sahar ◽  
Qamar Abbas Syed ◽  
...  

The dairy industry produces waste materials and by-products including soluble and suspended organic substances, wastewater, suspended solids, and whey. These substances contain significant amounts of organic and inorganic toxins that can cause serious health threats if not treated properly. Additionally, toxins produced by dairy waste would negatively affect the environment as well as quality and availability of aquatic resources. However, these waste materials and by-products can be utilized in different ways after proper treatment and processing. This chapter will provide an overview of waste products of dairy industries and highlight different treatments and utilization of these by-products in other industries.


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