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.
