[HTML][HTML] Advanced progress in recycling municipal and construction solid wastes for manufacturing sustainable construction materials

Z Tang, W Li, VWY Tam, C Xue - Resources, Conservation & Recycling: X, 2020 - Elsevier
The sharply increasing solid waste generation has raised the environmental concerns
worldwide which currently have been escalated to a worrying level. Intending to eliminate …

Spent coffee grounds: A review on current utilization

J McNutt - Journal of industrial and engineering chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Coffee, one of the world's most popular beverages, carries with it a large economic and
environmental burden in the form of spent coffee grounds (SCG), the unutilized portion of the …

Valorization of spent coffee grounds: A review

A Kovalcik, S Obruca, I Marova - Food and Bioproducts Processing, 2018 - Elsevier
Spent coffee grounds (SCGs) arise as waste products through the production of instant
coffee and coffee brewing. This work reviews the composition of SCGs, the methods used for …

Recycling of spent coffee grounds in construction materials: A review

M Saberian, J Li, A Donnoli, E Bonderenko… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coffee, the second most traded commodity and the second-largest beverage consumed
around the world, is responsible for many environmental burdens in the form of spent coffee …

Improvement of the shearing behaviour of loess using recycled straw fiber reinforcement

ZF Xue, WC Cheng, L Wang, G Song - KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Reinforcing structural members and construction materials using recycled fibers has
become popular in the past decades due to sustainable development concerns. The …

Conceptualization of a spent coffee grounds biorefinery: A review of existing valorisation approaches

J Massaya, AP Pereira, B Mills-Lamptey… - Food and Bioproducts …, 2019 - Elsevier
The valorisation of food waste is an increasingly practical and sustainable solution to the
problem of a growing demand for chemicals, fuels and materials and the rising tonnage of …

Stabilization of soft clay using short fibers and poly vinyl alcohol

M Mirzababaei, A Arulrajah, S Horpibulsuk… - Geotextiles and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, the effect of the combined addition of fibers and a nontraditional polymer on the
mechanical behavior of a clay was investigated. Poly vinyl alcohol, PVA, used as a solution …

Rubber powder–polymer combined stabilization of South Australian expansive soils

A Soltani, A Deng, A Taheri… - Geosynthetics …, 2018 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This study examines the combined capacity of rubber powder inclusion and polymer
treatment in solving the swelling problem of South Australian expansive soils. The rubber …

Converting environmental risks to benefits by using spent coffee grounds (SCG) as a valuable resource

M Stylianou, A Agapiou, M Omirou, I Vyrides… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Coffee is perhaps one of the most vital ingredients in humans' daily life in modern world.
However, this causes the production of million tons of relevant wastes, ie, plastic cups …

Recent advances in nature-inspired solutions for ground engineering (NiSE)

A Assadi-Langroudi, BC O'Kelly, D Barreto… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The ground is a natural grand system; it is composed of myriad constituents that aggregate
to form several geologic and biogenic systems. These systems operate independently and …