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Characterization of concrete with recycled aggregates produced from returned concrete
, 2015 Returned concrete is the residual amount of fresh concrete that is not placed at the job site and returns to the ready-mix plant in the truck mixer. According to local conditions, returned concrete may range from 1 to 5 per cent of the overall concrete ...
Brocchi A. +6 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular economy (CE) is increasingly adopted by the manufacturing industry to decouple economic growth from environmental impacts by optimizing resource use and minimizing waste generation. Nevertheless, circular manufacturing often triggers systemic responses that diminish or offset their potential environmental gains, resulting in the so ...
Mariantonietta Ferrante +2 more
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Sustainability of using recycled plastic fiber in concrete
, 2018 Globally 335 Mt of plastic is produced every year, out of which less than 9% is recycled. Majority of the plastic wastes are discarded into landfills causing serious environmental concerns.
Yin, Shi +3 more
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Recycled Aggregate Concrete: The Role of Parent Concrete
, 2023 Recycling concrete construction and demolition waste is a promising way towards sustainable construction. Indeed, replacing natural aggregates with recycled concrete aggregates promotes the natural resources conservation and reduces the environmental ...
Pani L. +4 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel +6 more
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Low cost fencing material for a pre-school in Lavender Hill
, 2011 This project has been proposed by the UCT Knowledge Partnership Project. This institution is aimed at providing assistance to under-privileged communities in the Western Cape. A pre-school fence material which is low cost is to be investigated.
Mazwai, Konke
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyzed Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technology applications in agribusiness and the role of strategic stakeholders, engagement methods, and other critical aspects data sharing, confidentiality, integrity, decision‐making, and sector‐specific requirements in promoting circularity.
Simone Sehnem +3 more
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Study on Drying-Shrinking Crack of Recycled Aggregate Concrete
工程科学与技术, 2010 :From the point of materials stability, the practical application possibility of recycled aggregate concrete used in reinforced concrete shear wall is investigated, as one of effective methods to use recycled aggregate. The research focuses on the drying-
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Compressive study on recycled concrete: experiment and numerical homogenization modelling
Fracture and Structural IntegrityThis paper describes a study of recycled concrete under compressive loads. The study was conducted in two main parts. In the first part, experimental tests were carried out on concrete samples with varying levels of substitution (25%, 50%, and 75%) with ...
Fellah Djamel +5 more
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Alkali silica reaction in concrete induced by mortar adhered to recycled aggregate
Materiales de Construccion, 2010 The durability of recycled concrete must be determined before this material can be used in construction. In this paper the alkali-silica reaction in recycled concrete is analyzed.
M. Etxeberria, E. Vázquez
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