Utilizing plastic waste in the building and construction industry: A pathway towards the circular economy

N Ahmed - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The study attempts to investigate the economic and environmental feasibility of linking the
plastic waste recycling industry with the construction sector as a circular economy model …

Functionalized waste plastic granules to enhance sustainability of bituminous composites

S Aldagari, SF Kabir, A Lamanna, EH Fini - Resources, Conservation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper evaluates the merits of using waste plastic granules made from functionalized
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to enhance bitumen's bond strength to endure extreme …

Conventional properties, rheological properties, and storage stability of crumb rubber modified asphalt with WCO and ABS

Y Qiu, Y Gao, X Zhang, Y Wei, J Cao, X Wang… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
To enhance the performance of asphalt and conserve resources, there is growing interest in
the use of diverse waste polymer materials to modify asphalt. In this study, waste cooking oil …

Bio‐Carbon as a Means of Carbon Management in Roads

F Pahlavan, S Aldagari, KB Park… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper introduces biocarbon, referred to as biochar, as a novel eco‐friendly and cost‐
effective additive to increase interactions among bitumen components while facilitating …

Comparing the critical aging point of rubber-modified bitumen and plastic-modified bitumen

S Aldagari, J Karam, M Kazemi, K Kaloush… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
The critical aging point (CAP) of an asphalt binder is defined as the longest aging period at
which rejuvenation has been shown to be effective for all indicators. The increasing use of …

Recycling COVID-19 health care wastes in bitumen modification: a case of disposable medical gloves

A Gedik, O Ozcan, S Ozcanan - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Disposable medical gloves (DMGs) have long been used to mitigate the risk of direct
exposure to diverse microorganisms and body fluids; hence, they are a critical weapon to …

Can rubberized-asphalt comprising tire-derived aggregates produced through dry process be an alternative subsurface road material?

N Gopakumar, KP Biligiri - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The major objective of this study was to investigate the suitability of utilizing tire-derived
aggregates (TDA) at varying contents for the design of rubberized-asphalt base/subsurface …

Characterization of de-crosslinking crumb rubber on mechano-chemical recovery for asphalt performance improvement

B Kang, C Qi, S Han, D Kuang, Y Wu, H Chen… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
To improve the compatibility of crumb rubber in asphalt, two de-crosslinking crumb rubber
(DCR) were obtained via mechano-chemical modification with two modifiers …

Epoxy asphalt binder reinforced with waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for improving toughness

C Wu, F Jing, H Yang, C Li, Z Xi, J Cai… - … Journal of Pavement …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The instinct brittleness of epoxy resin is one of the challenges to the durability of epoxy
asphalt pavements, which may cause various failures, such as cracking, potholes and …

Simulation of sustainable structural composites produced from waste plastics and bitumen

A Sadat Hosseini, P Hajikarimi, EH Fini - Clean Technologies and …, 2024 - Springer
The utilization of waste plastic in asphalt mixtures is gaining attention due to its potential for
recycling. However, a key challenge lies in the compatibility between asphalt and plastic …