Environmental Effects of Recycled Rubber in Light-Fill Applications

Liu, H. S.; Mead, Joey; Stacer, R. G.

doi:10.5254/1.3547605

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“…Although NRWS is being used as nitrogen and potassium supplement in fertilizers, and as a source of quebrachitol and hevealipin, it is still a menace in rubber-producing countries. Recycling of spent rubber material is problematic due to the vulcanisation, which creates strong sulfur bonds between the rubber molecules (Liu et al 2000).…”

Section: Biodegradation Of Byproducts Of Rubber Industry and Waste Rumentioning

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Recent developments in biodegradation of industrial pollutants by white rot fungi and their enzyme system

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Increasing discharge and improper management of liquid and solid industrial wastes have created a great concern among industrialists and the scientific community over their economic treatment and safe disposal. White rot fungi (WRF) are versatile and robust organisms having enormous potential for oxidative bioremediation of a variety of toxic chemical pollutants due to high tolerance to toxic substances in the environment. WRF are capable of mineralizing a wide variety of toxic xenobiotics due to non-specific nature of their extracellular lignin mineralizing enzymes (LMEs). In recent years, a lot of work has been done on the development and optimization of bioremediation processes using WRF, with emphasis on the study of their enzyme systems involved in biodegradation of industrial pollutants. Many new strains have been identified and their LMEs isolated, purified and characterized. In this review, we have tried to cover the latest developments on enzyme systems of WRF, their low molecular mass mediators and their potential use for bioremediation of industrial pollutants.

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Section: Biodegradation Of Byproducts Of Rubber Industry and Waste Rumentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent developments in biodegradation of industrial pollutants by white rot fungi and their enzyme system

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“…Civil engineering applications, one of the major markets for scrap tires, have been growing steadily in a decade. Approximately 12 million scrap tires in 1995 and 15 million in 1996 have been used for civil engineering applications including leachate collection systems, landfill cover, artificial reefs, clean fill for road embankment, road bed support and similar projects (Liu et al, 2000).…”

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Construction of Tire Shreds Test Embankment

Salgado¹,

Yoon²,

Siddiki³

2003

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Prepared in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration. AbstractAccording to recent research, it is estimated that there are more than 500 million tires stockpiled across the United States, and 270 million more are generated each year. A significant number of tires are left in empty yards and even dumped illegally. Tires have characteristics that make them not easy to dispose, and potentially combustible. For these reasons, there is a strong need to find beneficial ways to recycle or reuse tires. Civil engineering applications constitute one of biggest markets for scrap tires. Tire shreds can be used as fill material, for example.The objective of this research is to evaluate the feasibility of using a mixture of tire shreds and soil as fill material for embankments on the basis of field instrumentation and tests. Successful construction and performance of tire shred embankments may promote using tire shred as fill material, with large benefits to society. The present research project consists of construction of test tire shred and soil embankment as well basic laboratory tests for material property characteristics and instrumentation of the embankment. The instrumentation includes settlement monitoring using settlement plates, vertical and horizontal inclinometer monitoring, temperature monitoring and groundwater quality analysis. The performance of the embankment is evaluated based on field instrumentation and visual observation.17.

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“…Toutanji [14] observed increased toughness for concrete specimens made with rubber tire aggregate compared to the plain concrete and therefore suggested the use of rubber tire concrete in highway crash barriers; sound barriers and vibration absorbents as well as fences and poles in agriculture. Mavroulidou and Figueiredo [15] stated that the use of rubber tire aggregates in concrete, even in low percentages, would greatly help reducing the amount of waste tire given the very large market for concrete products worldwide [16,17]. …”

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Experimental study of rubber tire aggregates effect on compressive and dynamic load-bearing properties of cylindrical concrete specimens

Ataei

2015

J Mater Cycles Waste Manag

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Sustainable development has become a major focus for engineers and planners as part of their collective efforts in finding, developing and integrating environmental-friendly solutions for material recycling and waste management into design and construction of civil engineering infrastructure. In the past three decades, there has been an increase in recycling and application of waste materials into the concrete to decrease costs and improve material properties of the concrete. Significant growth in automobile manufacturing industry and increased rubber tire supply for vehicles suggested the application of waste tire particles as concrete aggregates to minimize the ecological footprint of the rubber tire waste due to its recycling process difficulties. In this paper, the effect of rubber tire particles on compressive and dynamic strength of concrete specimens with different particle percentiles was tested on more than 55 cylindrical specimens. To achieve the optimal mix design properties of rubber tire concrete specimens, both fine and coarse aggregates got replaced by fine and coarse rubber particles. Introduction of rubber tire particles as coarse and fine aggregate reduces the brittleness of the concrete and provides more flexible aggregate bonding which ultimately improves the dynamic resistance of the concrete. It increases the concrete workability and provides environmental-friendly and cost-effective solutions in using recycled materials for concrete construction applications.

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Environmental Effects of Recycled Rubber in Light-Fill Applications

Cited by 57 publications

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Recent developments in biodegradation of industrial pollutants by white rot fungi and their enzyme system

Recent developments in biodegradation of industrial pollutants by white rot fungi and their enzyme system

Construction of Tire Shreds Test Embankment

Experimental study of rubber tire aggregates effect on compressive and dynamic load-bearing properties of cylindrical concrete specimens

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