Engineering Properties of Concrete with Waste Recycled Plastic: A Review

The abundance of waste plastic is a major issue for the sustainability of the environment as plastic pollutes rivers, land, and oceans. However, the versatile behavior of plastic (it is lightweight, flexible, strong, moisture-resistant, and cheap) can make it a replacement for or alternative to many existing composite materials like concrete. Over the past few decades, many researchers have used waste plastic as a replacement for aggregates in concrete. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the engineering properties of waste recycled plastic. It is divided into three sections, along with an introduction and conclusion. The influence of recycled waste plastics on the fresh properties of concrete is discussed first, followed by its influence on the mechanical and durability properties of concrete. Current experimental results have shown that the mechanical and durability properties of concrete are altered due to the inclusion of plastic. However, such concrete still fulfills the requirements of many engineering applications. This review also advocates further study of possible pre-treatment of waste plastic properties for the modification of its surface, shape, and size in order to improve the quality of the composite product and make its use more widespread.

[1]  Prem Pal Bansal,et al.  Use of different forms of waste plastic in concrete – a review , 2016 .

[2]  M. Batayneh,et al.  Use of selected waste materials in concrete mixes. , 2007, Waste management.

[3]  Hirozo Mihashi,et al.  Size effect on fracture energy of concrete , 1990 .

[4]  P. E. Peterson,et al.  Fracture energy of concrete: Method of determination , 1980 .

[5]  Yao Tong,et al.  Properties of self-compacting lightweight concrete containing recycled plastic particles , 2015 .

[6]  Rajat Saxena,et al.  Impact resistance and energy absorption capacity of concrete containing plastic waste , 2018, Construction and Building Materials.

[7]  Jorge de Brito,et al.  Influence of curing conditions on the mechanical performance of concrete containing recycled plastic aggregate , 2012 .

[8]  Md. Jahidul Islam,et al.  Effects of waste PET as coarse aggregate on the fresh and harden properties of concrete , 2016 .

[9]  H. Kamarudin,et al.  The Relationship between Water Absorption and Porosity for Geopolymer Paste , 2014 .

[10]  E. Varghese,et al.  Recycled Plastics as Coarse Aggregate forStructural Concrete , 2013 .

[11]  S. K. Bernard,et al.  Strain Capacity and Cracking Resistance Improvement in Mortars by Adding Plastic Particles , 2013 .

[12]  A. Hillerborg,et al.  Analysis of crack formation and crack growth in concrete by means of fracture mechanics and finite elements , 1976 .

[13]  L. Sorelli,et al.  Characterization of concrete composites with recycled plastic aggregates from postconsumer material streams , 2018, Construction and Building Materials.

[14]  José Antonio de Saja,et al.  Mechanical and thermal performance of concrete and mortar cellular materials containing plastic waste , 2016 .

[15]  H. Künzel,et al.  Porosity and liquid absorption of cement paste , 1997 .

[16]  Parvesh Kumar,et al.  Effect of Recycled Plastic Aggregates on Concrete , 2016 .

[17]  Ming Jen Tan,et al.  Additive manufacturing of geopolymer for sustainable built environment , 2017 .

[18]  T. Naik,et al.  Use of post-consumer waste plastics in cement-based composites , 1996 .

[19]  Iman M. Nikbin,et al.  On the mechanical properties of concrete containing waste PET particles , 2013 .

[20]  Domenico Caputo,et al.  Recycled plastic aggregate in mortars composition: Effect on physical and mechanical properties , 2013 .

[21]  Jorge de Brito,et al.  Mechanical properties and abrasion behaviour of concrete containing shredded PET bottle waste as a partial substitution of natural aggregate , 2014 .

[22]  B. Šavija,et al.  Microscale Testing and Modelling of Cement Paste as Basis for Multi-Scale Modelling , 2016, Materials.

[23]  Togay Ozbakkaloglu,et al.  Use of recycled plastics in concrete: A critical review. , 2016, Waste management.

[24]  Erik Schlangen,et al.  Influence of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material (PCM) Addition on (Micro) Mechanical Properties of Cement Paste , 2017, Materials.

[25]  Luca Bertolini,et al.  Corrosion of Steel in Concrete , 2013 .

[26]  Baboo Rai,et al.  Study of Waste Plastic Mix Concrete with Plasticizer , 2012 .

[27]  Mahmood Md. Tahir,et al.  The feasibility of improving impact resistance and strength properties of sustainable concrete composites by adding waste metalized plastic fibres , 2018 .

[28]  Kim Ragaert,et al.  Mechanical and chemical recycling of solid plastic waste. , 2017, Waste management.

[29]  J. de Brito,et al.  Influence of curing conditions on the durability-related performance of concrete made with selected plastic waste aggregates , 2013 .

[30]  Remzi Şahin,et al.  A study on mechanical properties of polymer concrete containing electronic plastic waste , 2017 .

[31]  Ghataora Gurmel,et al.  Lightweight Concrete Containing Recycled Plastic Aggregates , 2015 .

[32]  S. Babu,et al.  Performance of Light-Weight Concrete with Plastic Aggregate , 2015 .

[33]  I. Marković,et al.  High-Performance Hybrid-Fibre Concrete: Development and Utilisation , 2006 .

[34]  Cengiz Duran Atiş,et al.  An investigation on the use of shredded waste PET bottles as aggregate in lightweight concrete. , 2010, Waste management.

[35]  G. Sant,et al.  On the feasibility of using phase change materials (PCMs) to mitigate thermal cracking in cementitious materials , 2014 .

[36]  D. S. Babu,et al.  Performance of fly ash concretes containing lightweight EPS aggregates , 2004 .

[37]  A. Sofi,et al.  Study on Mechanical Properties of Concrete Using Plastic Waste as an Aggregate , 2017 .

[38]  Fernando Pacheco-Torgal,et al.  Properties and durability of concrete containing polymeric wastes (tyre rubber and polyethylene terephthalate bottles): An overview , 2012 .

[39]  R. Siddique,et al.  Use of recycled plastic in concrete: a review. , 2008, Waste management.

[40]  Cengiz Duran Atiş,et al.  Thermal conductivity, compressive strength and ultrasonic wave velocity of cementitious composite containing waste PET lightweight aggregate (WPLA) , 2013 .

[41]  Adewumi John Babafemi,et al.  Delft University of Technology A comprehensive review on mechanical and durability properties of cement-based materials containing waste recycled glass , 2018 .

[42]  Luc Courard,et al.  Hygro-thermal and durability properties of a lightweight mortar made with foamed plastic waste aggregates , 2018 .

[43]  R. Geyer,et al.  Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made , 2017, Science Advances.

[44]  Ankur C. Bhogayata,et al.  Impact strength, permeability and chemical resistance of concrete reinforced with metalized plastic waste fibers , 2018 .

[45]  Jin-keun Kim,et al.  An experimental study on thermal conductivity of concrete , 2003 .

[46]  G. Sant,et al.  Influence of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material ( PCM ) Characteristics on the Microstructure and Strength of Cementitious Composites : Experiments and Finite Element Simulations , 2022 .

[47]  Mehmet Gesoğlu,et al.  Mechanical and fracture characteristics of self-compacting concretes containing different percentage of plastic waste powder , 2017 .

[48]  K. S. Senthil kumar,et al.  Recycling of E-plastic waste as a construction material in developing countries , 2015 .

[49]  Erik Schlangen,et al.  Corrosion induced cover cracking studied by X-ray computed tomography, nanoindentation, and energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS) , 2015 .

[50]  Mariaenrica Frigione,et al.  Recycling of PET bottles as fine aggregate in concrete. , 2010, Waste management.

[51]  Parviz Soroushian,et al.  Experimental investigation of the optimized use of plastic flakes in normal-weight concrete , 1999 .

[52]  Pietro Lura,et al.  Controlling the coefficient of thermal expansion of cementitious materials – A new application for superabsorbent polymers , 2013 .

[53]  R. Umadevi,et al.  Recycled Plastics and Crushed Rock Powder As Coarse Aggregate and Fine Aggregate in Structural Concrete , 2018 .

[54]  Siham Kamali-Bernard,et al.  Physical and mechanical properties of mortars containing PET and PC waste aggregates. , 2010, Waste management.

[55]  Ramazan Demirboga,et al.  Thermal conductivity and shrinkage properties of modified waste polystyrene aggregate concretes , 2012 .

[56]  Philip J. Cox,et al.  Physical properties of polymers handbook , 1997 .

[57]  Antje Strauss,et al.  Corrosion Of Steel In Concrete Understanding Investigation And Repair , 2016 .

[58]  P. Bhowmik,et al.  Use of waste plastic aggregation in concrete as a constituent material , 2016 .

[59]  D. W. Hobbs,et al.  The dependence of the bulk modulus, Young's modulus, creep, shrinkage and thermal expansion of concrete upon aggregate volume concentration , 1971 .

[60]  Abid Nadeem,et al.  Mechanical and drying shrinkage properties of structural-graded polystyrene aggregate concrete , 2008 .

[61]  H. Khelafi,et al.  Effect of incorporating PVC waste as aggregate on the physical, mechanical, and chloride ion penetration behavior of concrete , 2015 .

[62]  Mohamed Lachemi,et al.  Characteristics of mortar and concrete containing fine aggregate manufactured from recycled waste polyethylene terephthalate bottles , 2009 .

[63]  K. Lau,et al.  An overview of mechanical properties and durability of glass-fibre reinforced recycled mixed plastic waste composites , 2014 .

[64]  Patil Pramod Sambhaji.  Use of Waste Plastic in Concrete Mixture as Aggregate Replacement , 2016 .

[65]  Ian Gibson,et al.  A review of 3D concrete printing systems and materials properties: current status and future research prospects , 2018 .

[66]  Sheelan Mahmoud Hama,et al.  Fresh properties of self-compacting concrete with plastic waste as partial replacement of sand , 2017 .

[67]  Richard J Ball,et al.  Performance of structural concrete with recycled plastic waste as a partial replacement for sand , 2018 .

[68]  S. Manishankar,et al.  Experimental Study on Concrete with Plastic Aggregates , 2020 .

[69]  A. M. Azhdarpour,et al.  The effect of using polyethylene terephthalate particles on physical and strength-related properties of concrete; a laboratory evaluation , 2016 .

[70]  Ankur C. Bhogayata,et al.  Fresh and strength properties of concrete reinforced with metalized plastic waste fibers , 2017 .

[71]  John Forbes Olesen,et al.  Experimental investigation of the relation between damage at the concrete-steel interface and initiation of reinforcement corrosion in plain and fibre reinforced concrete , 2013 .

[72]  R. Lakshmi,et al.  Studies on Concrete containing E plastic waste , 2010 .

[73]  Richard C. Thompson,et al.  Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments , 2009, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

[74]  M. Bărbuță,et al.  Wastes as aggregate substitution in polymer concrete , 2018 .

[75]  Tshering Wangmo,et al.  Use of Plastics in Concrete as Coarse Aggregate , 2017 .

[76]  Gottfried W. Ehrenstein,et al.  Thermal Analysis of Plastics: Theory and Practice , 2004 .

[77]  D. Y. Osei.  EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON RECYCLED PLASTICS AS AGGREGATE IN CONCRETE , 2014 .

[78]  A. Gutiérrez,et al.  Influence of content and particle size of waste pet bottles on concrete behavior at different w/c ratios. , 2009, Waste management.

[79]  Tristan Lowe,et al.  Towards understanding the influence of porosity on mechanical and fracture behaviour of quasi-brittle materials: experiments and modelling , 2017, International Journal of Fracture.

[80]  R. Ravindrarajah,et al.  BEARING STRENGTH OF CONCRETE CONTAINING POLYSTYRENE AGGREGATE , 1999 .

[81]  Ali Hasanbeigi,et al.  Emerging energy-efficiency and CO2 emission-reduction technologies for cement and concrete production: A technical review , 2012 .

[82]  Brahim Safi,et al.  The use of plastic waste as fine aggregate in the self-compacting mortars: Effect on physical and mechanical properties , 2013 .

[83]  C. S. Poon,et al.  Properties of lightweight aggregate concrete prepared with PVC granules derived from scraped PVC pipes. , 2009, Waste management.

[84]  Mladena Luković,et al.  Carbonation of cement paste : Understanding, challenges, and opportunities , 2016 .

[85]  INVESTIGATIONS ON DURABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF E-PLASTIC WASTE INCORPORATED CONCRETE , 2011 .

[86]  A. Masood,et al.  Studies in ultrasonic pulse velocity of concrete containing GGBFS , 2013 .