Study & Performance of Recycled Polymer E-Waste in Concrete

Abstract

In today's digital environment, both population growth and the use of technological items are expanding quickly. Both developed and developing nations, in particular, produce enormous amounts of garbage and electronic items. Concurrently, the construction industry is expanding at a substantial scale and has not yet reached its peak in the upcoming decades. Therefore, there may be an increase in demand for raw materials such as cements, fine aggregate and coarse aggregate. The development of the construction business is impacted by the scarcity of raw materials, which compels us to consider alternate building materials. The use of polymer E waste as building materials in place of traditional course aggregate is being experimentally examined in this study. Both the issue of electronic waste and the need for raw materials for concrete can be addressed by using them in concrete. In this work, crushed polymer electronic trash was used as a coarse aggregate in concrete to partially replace it. From 10 mm to 12.5 mm, the course aggregate made from non-melted electronic waste varied in size. Based on the results of previous studies published in journal articles, different percentages of E waste—such as 5%, 10%, 15%, 18%, and 20%—were added to concrete by volume.