A REVIEW OF ECO-FRIENDLY MATERIALS IN CONCRETE

PHAM VAN TOAN1, , PHAM VAN THANG2
1 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vietnam Maritime University
2 Vietnam Institute for Building Materials

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The article examines the use of eco-friendly cement substitutes as innovative, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions that contribute to the transition toward a circular economy by minimizing the consumption of natural resources. Furthermore, incorporating waste or recycled materials into concrete as aggregate replacements has been increasingly utilized as a sustainable construction practice, given its significant environmental and economic advantages. Previous research has demonstrated that integrating waste materials such as fly ash, bottom ash, coal ash, tires, steel slag, construction and demolition debris, glass, and ceramics into concrete can maintain acceptable performance while reducing energy demand, greenhouse gas emissions, production costs, and other related impacts.

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