Development of new construction material using concrete and wooden wastes

Abstract

Disposing the significant amounts of concrete wastes and CO₂ emissions produced from cement industries is a major challenge in fields pertaining to concrete as well as society. To address this issue, wooden waste was utilized in this research to recycle concrete waste without cement. Concrete and wooden wastes were crushed, milled, mixed, and hot pressed to produce concrete recycled with wood (CRW). Parameters such as the mixing proportion of concrete waste and wood, moisture content, and temperature of hot pressing were varied to study the effect of these parameters on the bending strength of the CRW. The results showed that a majority of the CRWs prepared under various conditions exhibited higher bending strengths as compared to conventional concrete.