Challenges and opportunities of utilizing municipal solid waste as alternative building materials for sustainable development goals: A review

A Soni, PK Das, AW Hashmi, M Yusuf… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Strict environmental concern, depletion, and price hike of building construction materials are
driving scientific studies for the search of alternative materials for building construction. To …

Applying circular economy to construction industry through use of waste materials: a review of supplementary cementitious materials, plastics, and ceramics

M Nodehi, VM Taghvaee - Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2022 - Springer
Due to constant growth of waste production, recent strategies in waste management such as
circular economy promote the maximum life cycle use of materials. In construction industry …

Strengthening the very early-age structure of cementitious composites with coal fly ash via incorporating a novel nanoadmixture based on CSH phase activators

GL Golewski, B Szostak - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents results of tests of modified concretes both with the addition of coal fly
ash (CFA) ash and with an innovative nanoadmixture (NA). The NA is used to accelerate the …

Recycling of bottom ash and fly ash wastes in eco-friendly clay brick production

M Sutcu, E Erdogmus, O Gencel, A Gholampour… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of waste-based materials in the construction industry has received significant
attention in recent years to develop environmentally-friendly construction materials. This …

Resource utilization of solid waste for the collaborative reduction of pollution and carbon emissions: Case study of fly ash

H Hou, L Su, D Guo, H Xu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Coal consumption during thermal power generation produces massive amounts of fly ash,
accounting for approximately 40% of total municipal solid waste. Fly-ash utilization can …

Superhydrophobic and photocatalytic synergistic Self-Cleaning ZnS coating

K Wang, S Yu, W Li, Y Song, P Gong, M Zhang… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
The superhydrophobic photocatalytic self-cleaning coating has both physical and chemical
self-cleaning properties, which has attracted wide attention of researchers in recent years. In …

Synergetic benefits of pollution and carbon reduction from fly ash resource utilization—Based on the life cycle perspective

H Hou, S Zhang, D Guo, L Su, H Xu - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Synergetic reduction of pollution and carbon is a key strategy for the fundamental
improvement of ecological and environmental quality and carbon neutrality. Solid waste …

Fabrication of superhydrophobic needle-like Ca-P coating with anti-fouling and anti-corrosion properties on AZ31 magnesium alloy

L Wang, X Xiao, E Liu, S Yu, X Yin, J Wang… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
The poor corrosion resistance of magnesium (Mg) alloys limits their applications, and
preparing the superhydrophobic coating with a facile and cost-effective method is …

Effects of cenosphere on the mechanical properties of cement-based composites

W Chen, Z Qi, L Zhang, Z Huang - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Cenosphere is an industrial waste residue used as lightweight aggregate in cement-based
composites. In this work, we investigated the influences of cenosphere on the properties and …

Development of sand-plastic composites as floor tiles using silica sand and recycled thermoplastics: a sustainable approach for cleaner production

A Soni, PK Das, M Yusuf, H Kamyab, S Chelliapan - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Strict environmental concerns, depleting natural recourses, and rising demand for building
construction materials have promoted scientific research toward alternative building …