In recent years, people have started cutting down on plastic consumption, as they have
realized the effects plastic can have on the environment and our oceans. For example, in a
recent report, published in SCIENCE magazine, researchers claim that by 2050, we will have
produced more than 26 billion tons of plastic waste and that almost half of that will be
dumped in landfills and the environment. A high-level scientific review that appeared in
Plastic Oceans also states that eight million tons of plastic is dumped in our oceans every year.
Ben Webster, the Oceans Correspondent for The Times also alleges in a recent published article
that the frozen Arctic Ocean contains up to 12,000 tiny pieces of plastic per liter of sea ice,
showing that even the most remote parts of the planet are highly polluted with plastic waste
and in a recent study published in the Guardian, a team of Australian scientists insist that
up to 90% of seabirds have plastic waste particles in their guts, which they have mistakenly
mistook for fish eggs. Given the Plastic Pollution Crisis and its environmental impact, plastic is finally receiving the attention it deserves with much greater emphasis on recycling, reuse, and reduction.
In recent years researchers working in the field of civil engineering have been engaged in
investigations about the reuse of waste plastic in construction materials.
For the first time, in one comprehensive volume, Use of Recycled Plastics in Eco-Efficient
Concrete presents a state-of-the art review on the application and use of recycled plastics in
concrete construction. Divided over three parts, Part 1 begins by looking at the processing
of plastic waste, including different separation techniques. Part 2 focuses on the production
and performance of concrete with different types of recycled plastic as an aggregate or binder
replacement. Part 3 looks at the manufacturing, properties, and durability of concrete with
recycled plastic fibers.