Alternative Materials in Road Construction

Alternative Materials in Road Construction
Author: Philip Thomas Sherwood
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1995
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This text considers the extent to which waste materials and industrial by-products can be used in road construction projects in place of the natural materials traditionally used. It brings together a listing of all the available waste material products, and explores their potential as both technical and economical alternatives to natural materials.

Alternative Materials in Road Construction

Alternative Materials in Road Construction
Author: Philip Thomas Sherwood
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2001
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780727730312

With the landfill tax and the introduction of a tax on the use of primary aggregates, increasing financial pressure is now being exerted on highway engineers to provide the most economic alternatives to naturally-occurring roadmaking materials. Alternative materials in road construction: Second edition, provides practical guidance in the selection of substitute materials, including the economic and technical considerations of their use and advice on the benefits and pitfalls of each material. This fully revised second edition includes: Extensively re-written and updated sections on classification and sources Specifications of road making materials and environmental and economic considerations Enlarged sections on construction and demolition wastes to take account of the increasing concern at the depletion of natural resources and the much greater emphasis on recycling A new chapter on Government and EC Policy with respect to environmental damage and recycling Alternative materials in road construction: Second edition is divided into three parts. Part 1 discusses the demand and requirements of road making materials and the specifications that they have to meet if they are to give sa

Recycling and Use of Waste Materials and By-products in Highway Construction

Recycling and Use of Waste Materials and By-products in Highway Construction
Author: Robert J. Collins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1994
Genre: Recycling (Waste, etc.)
ISBN:

This synthesis will be of interest to administrators and policy makers; pavement, material, geotechnical, and environmental engineers; and maintenance and construction professionals involved with highway design and construction issues. Information is provided on the technical, economic, and environmental aspects (including legislative and regulatory considerations) of recycling and using waste materials and by-products in highway construction. The quantities, characteristics, possible uses, current and past research activities, and actual highway construction use of each waste material or by-product is provided. This information, based on a review of nearly 1,000 references and on responses to a 1991 survey (updated in 1993), is classified into four broad categories based on source: agricultural, domestic, industrial, and mineral wastes. A Technical Appendix to this document containing an extensive bibliography, supporting information, and details regarding the use of selected waste materials and by-products is available separately from the Transportation Research Board.

Waste Materials and By-Products in Concrete

Waste Materials and By-Products in Concrete
Author: Rafat Siddique
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2007-11-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3540742948

The amount and variety of waste that humanity dumps in landfill sites is nothing short of a scandal, believes Rafat Siddique, of Deemed University in Patiala, India. Instead, we ought to be building new homes out of it! Siddique shows in this important book that many non-hazardous waste materials and by-products which are landfilled, can in fact be used in making concrete and similar construction materials.

Environmental Impact Assessment of Recycled Wastes on Surface and Ground Waters

Environmental Impact Assessment of Recycled Wastes on Surface and Ground Waters
Author: Tarek A. Kassim
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2005-07-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9783540235873

Volume 2: Risk Analysis. This 3-volume reference presents the latest findings in impact assessment of recycled hazardous waste materials on surface and ground waters. Topics covered include chemodynamics, toxicology, modeling and information systems. The book serves as a practical guide for the monitoring, design, management, or conduct of environmental impact assessment. Each volume contains the table of contents of all volumes.

Waste Materials in Construction

Waste Materials in Construction
Author: Th.G. Aalbers
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 693
Release: 1991-11-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080875076

Waste Materials in Construction contains papers from the first international conference on the environmental implications of construction with waste materials held in Maastricht in November, 1991. The three key themes of the conference are technical options for the application of waste materials in products for the construction industry, the resulting chemical and environmental aspects thereof, and legislation policies as they pertain to waste management. There has been a great deal of laboratory testing carried out in several countries on the impact of waste-derived products on the environment since most of these products are used in close contact with the soil ( eg. road construction). There is however, no consensus as to the methodologies possible for assessing the environmental behaviour of waste residue and the consequences of using them nor for developing standards to ensure environmentally safe re-use. The first half of the conference addresses this problem of lack of consensus. The second half deals with technical solutions and procedures to use waste materials for the production of construction materials.

Recycling Strategy and Challenges Associated with Waste Management Towards Sustaining the World

Recycling Strategy and Challenges Associated with Waste Management Towards Sustaining the World
Author: Hosam M. Saleh
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2023-02-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1837680116

Recycling is an act of collecting and processing items that would otherwise be discarded as waste in order to create a new product. Recycled material is being used in an increasing number of today’s products. Waste management is primarily concerned with a wide range of wastes, including industrial, biological, household, municipal, organic, biomedical, and radioactive wastes. Human activity, such as the mining and processing of basic resources, generates waste and poses health problems that can emerge both indirectly and directly. Waste mismanagement is a serious problem on an individual and a governmental level. Nowadays, the waste disposal business is struggling to adapt to globalized consumerism, a system in which things are manufactured on one continent, purchased and used on another, and disposed of on yet another. Therefore, remediation is often subject to a variety of legal criteria, but it can also be based on evaluations of human health and environmental concerns in cases where no statutory standards exist or when standards are advisory. This book discusses recycling strategies and technologies to find solutions to waste management. Chapters address such topics as biodegradable waste, the circular economy, managing industrial and nuclear waste, and much more.

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management through Design

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management through Design
Author: Harvinder Singh
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 616
Release: 2018-10-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030027074

This book describes the latest advances, innovations and applications in the field of waste management and environmental geomechanics as presented by leading researchers, engineers and practitioners at the International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management through Design (IC_SWMD), held in Ludhiana (Punjab), India on November 2-3, 2018. Providing a unique overview of new directions, and opportunities for sustainable and resilient design approaches to protect infrastructure and the environment, it discusses diverse topics related to civil engineering and construction aspects of the resource management cycle, from the minimization of waste, through the eco-friendly re-use and processing of waste materials, the management and disposal of residual wastes, to water treatments and technologies. It also encompasses strategies for reducing construction waste through better design, improved recovery, re-use, more efficient resource management and the performance of materials recovered from wastes. The contributions were selected by means of a rigorous peer-review process and highlight many exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaboration among different waste management specialists.