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Waste Materials in Construction: Sludge and Recycling

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Various sludges and muds from construction or waste water treatment have high water contents and are very difficult to treat or use. This chapter describes research and development on how to transform such sludges into usable materials—both as a general fill material and as a soil which can be used in replanting projects such as for covering slopes alongside roads. The method developed uses paper residues as a source of fiber to aggregate soil particles and produce a fiber-stabilized soil which has suitable characteristics for reuse. This chapter also describes a number of case studies where the treated sludges and muds have been successfully applied in a range of projects.

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    In our research the paper is sourced from recycled newspapers and similar materials shredded to a size of 15 mm; this paper debris is then used in the mixing process.

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    Gravitational water is water which is not attached by absorption to soil particles or in capillaries and is thus more mobile.

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  1. Earth Exploitation Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Prof. Hiroshi Takahashi

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  1. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Yasumitsu Tanaka

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    Michael Norton

  3. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Yu-You Li

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Takahashi, H. (2015). Waste Materials in Construction: Sludge and Recycling. In: Tanaka, Y., Norton, M., Li, YY. (eds) Topical Themes in Energy and Resources. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55309-0_10

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