Recycling and Resource Utilization of Waste
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Green Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2024 | Viewed by 105
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pavement engineering; FEM modeling; bitumen and bituminous composite rheology; data mining; design of experiment theory; recycled aggregate; recycling and utilization of polymer plastics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: cold recycled material mixtures; pavement engineering; cold recycling; reclaimed asphalt pavement; foamed bitumen; bitumen emulsion; road binder; bitumen and bituminous composites
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Volumes of stockpiled waste containing all kinds of polymers have prompted the design of new material solutions in civil engineering. The climate change we are witnessing is a product of human industrial activity, which, in addition to pushing the greenhouse effect to dangerous levels, generates massive amounts of waste. However, with the increasing spotlight on sustainability, incredible advances in science and technology have led to the transformation of a significant portion of waste materials into components for composites in civil engineering. Since sustainable road construction requires the optimal use of natural resources, there is a great need to expand our knowledge and practices regarding the reuse (recycling) of waste materials as modifiers and additives.
We are delighted to invite you to submit original research articles that will stimulate further work on the development of modern composite materials containing recycled materials or by-product waste in civil engineering.
Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Mazurek
Dr. Przemysław Buczyński
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- recycled materials as matrices for composites
- novel applications of waste-based construction materials
- rheological modeling of waste-polymer-modified bitumen and asphalt pavement
- modification of binders and asphalt pavements with waste polymers
- advanced statistical methods for predicting recycled materials’ properties
- methods for waste polymer utilization
