The demand for construction-grade sand is growing at a tremendous rate and the world is
expected to run out of this resource by 2050. Construction-grade sand, hereafter referred to …

Construction-sand is the most used solid material on Earth and is central in developing
societies and economies. Recent years' increasing focus on scarcity of sand has focused on …

Beaches and coastal dunes have always supplied sand for a wide range of uses, and
initially the extracted volumes were limited to buckets, wheelbarrows, or small pickup truck …

The solidification of copper mine tailings was investigated by using the natural biological
process known as microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) as a potential …

Sand mining is a global activity that has attracted wide attention due partly to its invaluable
positive contributions to development and partly to its negative socio-environmental impacts …

Presented in this paper is a study on the biopolymer treated recycled glass sand (BRGS).
The effect of curing period, temperature, initial mixing moisture content and biopolymer …

Recent riverbed sand mining activities have modified estuarine morphology and
sedimentation patterns in many Southeast Asian deltas. The Soai Rap Estuary along the …

Phytoremediation is one effective method used for reducing the iron (Fe) from waters. Azolla
pinnata is a plant that has potential as an agent of phytoremediation of Fe in waters. This …

Recent anthropogenic sources and excess usage have immensely threatened the
communities and habitat ecology of this region's medicinally and economically significant …

Focusing on the utilization of industrial wastes and greener construction practices, this
experimental study investigates the integration of high-volume fly ash, steel slag (SS) …