The use of recycled plastic in concrete: An alternative to reduce the ecological footprint

The concrete in its production emits gases into the atmosphere causing an environmental impact, however reducing their consumption should not be the best approach to this problem as it could affect the economic development of a region or country. The solution is in the design sustainable material. T...

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Autores principales:	Sanchez Soloaga,Iris, Oshiro,Angel, Positieri,Maria
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Escuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2014
Materias:	Recycled plastic concrete ecological footprint
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-915X20140003000032015-01-28The use of recycled plastic in concrete: An alternative to reduce the ecological footprintSanchez Soloaga,IrisOshiro,AngelPositieri,Maria Recycled plastic concrete ecological footprint The concrete in its production emits gases into the atmosphere causing an environmental impact, however reducing their consumption should not be the best approach to this problem as it could affect the economic development of a region or country. The solution is in the design sustainable material. The Ecological Footprint (EF) to estimate the resource consumption and waste assimilation of a given population, expressed in area of productive land. This paper presents the calculation of a concrete EF located in Córdoba-Argentina, the area required to meet the estimated consumption associated with the materials used in the concrete with incorporation of plastics as a replacement of coarse aggregate, as a contribution to protecting the environment. To conclude, the aggregates occupying the largest volume in the preparation of concrete have a small environmental load in proportion to the EF of all the materials used, affecting only 8%. This is because the release rates of CO2 in the most significant overall footprint are mainly concrete cement content. However, the use of plastic waste in the concrete, will provide environmental benefits.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEscuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileRevista de la construcción v.13 n.3 20142014-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-915X2014000300003en10.4067/S0718-915X2014000300003
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description	The concrete in its production emits gases into the atmosphere causing an environmental impact, however reducing their consumption should not be the best approach to this problem as it could affect the economic development of a region or country. The solution is in the design sustainable material. The Ecological Footprint (EF) to estimate the resource consumption and waste assimilation of a given population, expressed in area of productive land. This paper presents the calculation of a concrete EF located in Córdoba-Argentina, the area required to meet the estimated consumption associated with the materials used in the concrete with incorporation of plastics as a replacement of coarse aggregate, as a contribution to protecting the environment. To conclude, the aggregates occupying the largest volume in the preparation of concrete have a small environmental load in proportion to the EF of all the materials used, affecting only 8%. This is because the release rates of CO2 in the most significant overall footprint are mainly concrete cement content. However, the use of plastic waste in the concrete, will provide environmental benefits.
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title	The use of recycled plastic in concrete: An alternative to reduce the ecological footprint
title_short	The use of recycled plastic in concrete: An alternative to reduce the ecological footprint
title_full	The use of recycled plastic in concrete: An alternative to reduce the ecological footprint
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The use of recycled plastic in concrete: An alternative to reduce the ecological footprint

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