Utilization of waste glass and ceramic tiles in concrete as aggregate

Abstract

Due to high generation of solid waste materials around the world, the reuse of solid waste becomes indispensable in order to make them environmentally friendly. There- fore, the utilization of solid waste minimizes the amount of disposal, the solid waste management cost, and natural resource consumption. In this study, waste glass and ce- ramic tiles were used in concrete instead of conventional aggregates. Experiment was conducted in three stages. The first and second stages focused on the glass-concrete and ceramic-concrete respectively. Meanwhile, the third stage consists blend of glass and ceramic tiles together. These concretes were compared to conventional con- crete. The results showed that blending of waste glass and ceramic tiles aggregates can be utilized partially. Improve- ment in the mechanical characteristics of the non-conven- tional concrete was observed.