International Journal of Waste Resources

Recycling of Crushed Waste Glass with Resistance to Chemical Corrosion

Osman Ling^* Department of Environmental Management, University of Bartin, Bartin, Turkey
^*Correspondence: Osman Ling, Department of Environmental Management, University of Bartin, Bartin, Turkey, Email:

Received: 12-Oct-2022, Manuscript No. IJWR-22-19169; Editor assigned: 17-Oct-2022, Pre QC No. IJWR-22-19169(PQ); Reviewed: 08-Nov-2022, QC No. IJWR-22-19169; Revised: 15-Nov-2022, Manuscript No. IJWR-22-19169(R); Published: 22-Nov-2022, DOI: 10.35248/2252-5211.22.12.500

Description

This type of recycling is now uncommon due to the possibility of an alkali-silica interaction between the silica in used glass and the alkali in cement. This expansion reaction can cause serious cracking problems, which may significantly reduce the durability of mortars and concrete. But according to data from the literature, if the glass is ground to a fineness of less than 75 μm, this process does not occur and the mortar's longevity is guaranteed. The possibility for recycling waste glass is created by the destruction of buildings, which aggregates to the production of concrete, and is tested by adjusting the particle size of waste glass that has been finely crushed.

Alkali-Activated Materials (AAMs) are gaining a lot of interest due to their outstanding capabilities, including their great resistance to chemical corrosion, excellent thermal properties, and ability to valorize industrial waste materials. The reuse of waste glasses as aggregates, precursors, and activators are three areas of the research on waste glasses reused in AAMs covered in this work. Reusing glass powders as precursors can produce strengths that are suitable. Waste glasses can be used as fine aggregates to improve AAMs' workability, thermal conductivity, and resistance to sulphate attack. Reusing used glasses in the creation of AAMs as aggregates, precursors, and activators appears to be a viable option for more effective solid waste utilization and lower AAM costs.

The utilizing of waste glasses as a resource, it undergoes three main techniques fusion, hydrothermal process, and thermochemical process that are used to create alternative activators. For instance, the potential ASR growth of glass aggregates leads to lack of assessment standards for the reactivity of waste glasses. The glass garbage disposal in landfills is a significant environmental issue that may deal within the worldwide. The reusing of waste glass as building material it conserves natural resources, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and eases the shortage of landfill space. The use of recycled Crushed Waste Glass (CWG) in the construction has been for about past 65 years. CWG hasn't, however, been widely applied in global concrete or asphalt building projects.

In addition, the following obstacles still hinder the use of CWG as a fine aggregate for concrete: B. Severity of Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) expansion in concrete composed of CWG and lack of understanding of these reactions. This paper describes the reuse of CWG and aggregate in concrete and asphalt mixtures, as an aggregate for unbounded foundation and substructure applications, as a lightweight construction material, and as a cement-binding material previously carried out by researchers. The outlines for this survey that has been carried out, at which it can be concluded that CWG has potential use as an additive in building materials.

Regarding the properties of concrete containing CWG as fine aggregate, as well as further investigation of the properties of foamed waste glass concrete and ultra-lightweight fiber has been reinforced concrete that which contains expanded waste glass, and the use of glass powder as filler in asphalt.

Conclusion

The generation of solid waste is significantly increasing as a result of socioeconomic development, which may result in resource depletion and environmental issues. The circular economy concept, which de-linearizes the current relationship between economic growth, environmental deterioration, and resource consumption, has lately been put out as a solution to this wasteful cycle of make, use, and dispose. Future research on the endurance of AAMs made with waste glasses and more energy-efficient ways to synthesize activators with waste glasses are needed.