Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment

By Enric Vázquez

Subjects: Waste Management/Waste Technology, Engineering, Civil engineering, Refuse and refuse disposal, Environmental sciences, Building materials, Hazardous wastes, Materials, Building, Sewage disposal, Recycle operations (chemical technology)

Description: This report is a useful tool for countries starting to recycle aggregates or construction and demolition waste. <br>It contains the latest developments in this field, introduces a completely new approach to the procedure of proportioning concrete mixtures with recycled aggregate, references recent publications, opinions and discrepancies in relation to the durability of recycled concrete, such as freeze-thaw standards, studies of chloride penetration and diffusion, and sulfate attacks, the use of the fine fraction &lt;4mm, quality assurance of concrete recycled aggregate, sustainability and recycling construction waste and global impact assessment of urban renewal based on sustainable recycling strategies for construction and demolition waste. <br>This volume will be of interest to recyclers, researchers and consumers.