Abstract
Increased industrial development results in increased generation of waste, creating a dilemma regarding its disposal. That is why the conception of the “four R’s” – reduce, reuse, recycle, and recover – is the need of the hour. This chapter sheds light upon the most modern, fastest-emerging, and most valuable (but also a complex, nonbiodegradable, and toxic) type of solid waste – known as e-waste – which is generated by disposal of electrical and electronic equipment. Landfilling of e-waste causes contamination of environments, soils, surface water, and groundwater, in addition to health hazards. Moreover, e-waste contains hazardous radioactive substances and toxic chemicals, which can leach into the ground and the surroundings, causing threats to biodiversity and ecosystems. For these reasons, systematic disposal of this alarming type of waste is essential. An innovative green revolutionary concept is aimed at using this waste as a substitute for natural aggregate and as a supplementary material for producing various types of sustainable, durable, affordable, and “green” concrete, mortar, etc. for use in the construction industry. Given the thermal resistance, strength, and durability parameters of suitably formulated green concrete, it should be promoted as a promising future construction material with a low carbon footprint. This new “urban mining” approach aims to determine the best potential applications for this hazardous form of waste, not only to prevent unbridled degradation of the environment and natural aggregate resources, with consequential detrimental impacts on ecosystems, but also to devise a well-considered solution to get rid of e-waste and to establish green concrete incorporating e-waste as a future building material for use in the construction and infrastructure industries.
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Luhar, S., Luhar, I. (2020). A Green Conception in the Construction Sector: Incorporation of E-waste into Concrete. In: Hussain, C. (eds) Handbook of Environmental Materials Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58538-3_193-1
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