Wastes to Low-Carbon Construction Materials: (Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering)

Wastes to Low-Carbon Construction Materials provides a comprehensive overview of the utilization of wastes in the production of low-carbon construction materials. It covers a wide range of topics, including the basics of waste-tomaterials, the use of various types of waste, the manufacturing and processing of low-carbon construction materials, and the design and applications of wasteto-materials in low-carbon construction. Notable features of this book include the detailed discussion of different wastes, such as industrial, agricultural and municipal solid wastes and their properties and characteristics as construction materials. It also explores the manufacturing processes, performance, durability and environmental impact of low-carbon construction materials, as well as the emerging technologies for their production. In addition, this book introduces environmental impacts and economic benefits of using waste materials in construction, making it a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners and policymakers interested in sustainable building practices.

Table of Contents:
Part I Overview of wastes to low-carbon construction materials Part II Industrial wastes to construction materials 1. Recycling of combustion residue as construction materials 2. Recycling of slags as construction materials 3. Recycling of coal gangue as construction materials 4. Recycling of red mud as construction materials 5. Recycling of gypsum wastes as construction materials 6. Recycling of industrial sludge as construction materials 7. Recycling of mining wastes as construction materials Part III Agriculture wastes to construction materials 8. Recycling of wood wastes as construction materials 9. Recycling of straw wastes as construction materials 10. Recycling of husk wastes as construction materials 11. Recycling of crop residue wastes as construction materials 12. Recycling of biochar as construction materials Part IV Municipal solid wastes in construction materials 13. Recycling of glass and ceramic wastes as construction materials 14. Recycling of plastic wastes as construction materials 15. Recycling of yard wastes as construction materials 16. Recycling of textiles wastes as construction materials 17. Recycling of construction wastes as construction materials Part V Performance and environmental aspects for the utilization of wastes to construction materials durability of the low-carbon construction materials 18. Properties and durability of low-carbon construction materials 19. Maintenance of low-carbon construction materials 20. Environmental risk and its assessment on wastes utilization as construction materials 21. Life cycle assessment of low-carbon construction materials 22. Regulations and policies for wastes to low-carbon construction materials Part VII Future prospects and conclusions

About the Author :
Dr Lei Wang is a Hundred-Talent Program Research Fellow, National Excellent Young Scholar, and Humboldt Fellow at the College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University. His research interests include sustainable waste-to-energy technologies, low-carbon hazardous waste treatment, CO2 sequestration and utilisation in minerals. Dr Binglin Guo is a Professor and National Excellent Young Scholar at the School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology. Director of Anhui engineering research center for low-carbon technology of cementitious materials. His research interests include solid waste utilisation, environmental cement chemistry and low-carbon cementitious materials. Dr Bin Ma is a Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow, National Excellent Young Scholar and Professor of Cement Environmental Chemistry at the North China Electric Power University Beijing, China. His research interests comprise solid waste disposal chemistry and cement environment chemistry, especially focusing on the radioactive waste treatment.