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Recycled
Concrete
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Coffee Concrete
The research team's innovation strengthens concrete by 30% using biochar made from spent coffee grounds to give the drink-additive a “double shot” at life and reduce waste going to landfill.
Concrete with Recycled Soft Plastic (Polyrok)
RMIT research has helped create concrete made with soft plastic in a redeveloped carpark – the first time the circular-economy technology has been used in an Australian commercial project
Concrete with Plastic Dialysis Waste
Dialysis treatments in Victoria create up to 5,100 tonnes of plastic waste per year. Deakin University research project team aims to use the shredded plastic waste to create a new type of concrete that is less susceptible to corrosion, thus enhancing the lifespan of the structure, while simultaneously recycling plastic waste.
Concrete with Knitted Wool
Researchers are experimenting with knitted wool as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional metal, timber and fibreglass formwork used to build concrete columns.
Concrete with Crushed Glass Sand and Recycled Concrete Aggregate
The use of recycled concrete and glass aggregates in concrete production has emerged as a highly promising means of increasing the recycling rate of waste materials – but durability issues have plagued some combinations of recycled ingredients.
Concrete with Recycled Rubber
Engineers from RMIT have managed to replace 100% of conventional aggregates in concrete – such as gravel and crushed rock – with rubber from discarded tyres that meets building codes, promising a boost for the circular economy.
CO2 Concrete
With CO2 Concrete, we put crushed recycled concrete into a pressurised chamber and inject it with carbon dioxide which allows it to be as strong and durable as virgin concrete, while reducing carbon emissions from concrete production.
Concrete with Recycled Plastic Waste
The researchers produced recycled polypropylene fibres from industrial plastic wastes. With the improved melt spinning and hot drawing process by researchers in James Cook University, they now have plastic fibres strong enough to replace steel mesh in concrete footpaths
Concrete with Coal Bottom Ash
The research group at Monash University is examining the properties of CBA and how it can contribute as an alternative aggregate, as well as a supplementary additive material to cement, in the process of developing a novel cement variation.
Concrete with recycled waste (plastic and rubber)
Researchers designed the new concrete mixes using the recycled materials to meet the durability and mechanical standards for municipal council applications
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