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    @book {2935,
    	title = {Use of Recycled Plastics in Eco-efficient Concrete},
    	series = {First Edition},
    	volume = {1},
    	year = {2018},
    	month = {2018-11-28 00:00:00},
    	pages = {492},
    	publisher = {Elsevier},
    	organization = {Elsevier},
    	edition = {1},
    	abstract = {

    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.

    }, keywords = {Concrete, Plastics, recycling targets, thermoplastics, thermosetting plastics, Waste}, isbn = {9780081027332}, url = {https://www.elsevier.com/books/use-of-recycled-plastics-in-eco-efficient-concrete/pacheco-torgal/978-0-08-102676-2}, author = {Pacheco-Torgal, F.}, editor = {Pacheco-Torgal, F.} }

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    The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.

    Currently CTAC aggregates 24 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more


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