| Title | Towards a more sustainable environmentally production system for the treatment of recycled aggregates in the construction industry: An experimental study |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 65118 |
| Authors | Ferrández, D; Saiz, P; Zaragoza-Benzal, A; Zúñiga-Vicente, JA |
| Title | Towards a more sustainable environmentally production system for the treatment of recycled aggregates in the construction industry: An experimental study |
| Year | 2023 |
| Published | Heliyon, 9.0, 6 |
| Abstract | The reuse and recycling of construction and demolition waste is becoming an advisable choice to reduce the consumption of key raw materials and the environmental impact generated by the construction of new buildings. This study proposes the introduction of two new stages of recycled aggregate processing that allow redesigning the production process of recycled aggregates towards a more sustainable and eco-friendly system: sieving with secondary crushing and washing. Based on an experimental study, our findings show that the new stages reduce significantly the content of impurities and the water absorption of recycled aggregates, obtaining a better final product (i.e. cement mortar) for buildings. Moreover, the new final product made with treated recycled aggregates also experiences significant improvements in their physical and mechanical properties (i.e.: increased on average, 5% in flexural strength, 6% in compression strength and reduced shrinkage by 2%), in turn reducing both the costs associated with the manufacture of the new product and its environmental impact compared to other products that solely include untreated recycled aggregates. The potential economic and solid waste management implications for firms that choose to deploy the new production system depicted are also discussed. |
| http://www.cell.com/article/S2405844023038483/pdf |
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