Properties and durability of concrete containing polymeric wastes (tyre rubber and polyethylene terephthalate bottles): An overview

By F. Pacheco-Torgal, Yining Ding, Said Jalali. 2012

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Abstract The volume of polymeric wastes like tyre rubber and polyethylene terephthalate bottles (PET) is increasing at a fast rate. An estimated 1000 million tyres reach the end of their useful lives every year and 5000 millions more are expected to be discarded in a regular basis by the year 2030. Up to now a small part is recycled and millions of tyres are just stockpiled, landfilled or buried. As for PET bottles annual consumption represent more than 300,000 million units. The majority is just landfilled. This paper reviews research published on the performance of concrete containing tyre rubber and PET wastes. Furthermore it discusses the effect of waste treatments, the size of waste particles and the waste replacement volume on the fresh and hardened properties of concrete.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering

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Use of recycled plastics in concrete: A critical review. (2016, unknown): “…Freeze thaw resistance Air/water permeability resistance Temperature influence Thermo-physical properties Fire resistance Siddique et al. (2008) – PF – – – PF PC – – Saikia and de Brito (2012) PA PA PA PA PA PA – PA PA Pacheco-Torgal et al. (2012) – – PF – – – – PA – PA: Plastic aggregate.”
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Enhancing mechanical performance of rubberised concrete pavements with sodium hydroxide treatment (2016, background): “Furthermore, the bond between rubber particles and cement paste is weaker than the bond between the cement paste and aggregates [20, 26, 27].”
Properties and durability of HPC with tyre rubber wastes (2012, methodology): “As for the second method it usually produces crumb rubber to replace fine aggregates [1].”