Reuse of Plastic Waste in Eco-efficient Concrete

Fernando Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at C-TAC, University of Minho. He holds the title of Counsellor (Top 0.5%) from the Portuguese Engineers Association and has been consistently recognized as a Scopus Highly Cited Scientist in the global rankings by Stanford University. With over 300 publications to his name, he has carried out in-depth peer reviews of more than one thousand scientific papers and assessed nearly one hundred research grant proposals across 15 countries. He serves on the editorial boards of nine international journals and has been involved in editorial decisions for several hundred manuscripts. In addition, he has edited 33 international books, many of which are available in the libraries of prestigious institutions such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. Professor Jamal Khatib is Chair of Civil Engineering at the Beirut Arab University, in the Lebanon and Emeritus Professor at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. His research interests are sustainable construction materials, structural materials; using waste in construction, lightweight aggregates, admixtures and novel materials in construction applications. Francesco Colangelo is a Full Professor of Innovative Materials for Civil Engineering and the director of the master’s course in Safety Engineering in the Department of Engineering at Parthenope University of Naples, Italy. His main research areas include recycling of waste materials in concrete and geo-environmental and civil applications, treatment of MSWI fly ash, application of lifecycle assessment methodology to various processes for preparing innovative building materials, evaluation of the durability of mortars and concrete, stabilization and solidification of hazardous wastes, and synthesis of geopolymeric eco-sustainable materials based on industrial waste. He has extensive consultancy experience in the treatment and recycling of solid waste, remediation of old landfills, and resource recovery plants. He has served as the principal investigator for numerous research projects in collaboration with public and private companies. Since 2012, he has been a senior member of RILEM.Dr. Rabin Tuladhar is an Associate Professor and Head of Engineering in the College of Science and Engineering at James Cook University, Australia. He served as Director of Engineering Studies (2018-2020) and Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching (ADLT) (2012-2018) for the College of Science and Engineering. He is a Civil Engineer, with specialization in Concrete and Structure Engineering. He has established close collaborations with local industries to conduct translational research in the areas of sustainable and innovative construction materials, durability of structures, rehabilitation of aged infrastructure and structural health monitoring.

• 1 Reuse of plastic waste in eco-efficient concrete: an introductory guidePart 1 Processing of plastic wastes2 Automated sorting technology for plastic waste3 Impacts of techniques for plastic waste management4 Production of recycled plastic fibers for concretePart 2 Concrete with recycled plastic as aggregates5 Properties of concrete containing polyethylene terephthalate and artificial lightweight aggregates: a case study6 Improving the adhesion between recycled plastics aggregates and the cement matrix7 Concrete based on chemically treated plastic aggregates8 Utilizing recycled plastic aggregates in geopolymeric composites9 Geopolymer composites containing recycled plastics and waste glassPart 3 Concrete with recycled plastic fibers10 Use of recycled plastic fibers in self-compacting concrete11 Breaking the plastic cycle: exploring the mechanical properties of polyethylene terephthalate fiber-reinforced concrete12 Concrete using polypropylene fibers from COVID-19 single-use face masks13 Recycling of plastic food packaging waste as fibers in concrete14 Leaching performance of concrete with recycled plastic fibersPart 4 Asphalt concrete with recycled plastic15 Performance of asphalt modified with low density polyethylene waste16 Performance of asphalt mixtures with polyethylene terephthalate waste and lignin17 A case study of the recycling of polyethylene into hot asphalt concrete