This chapter provides an in-depth but brief overview on the possible use of various waste materials for sustainable pavement construction. It compiles a literature review on the research done on such materials and highlights the current issues.
IntroductionPavement construction involves consumption of large quantity of construction materials. Some of these construction materials are available in natural form and some are manufactured (from naturally occurring raw materials). Due to the rapid growth of infrastructure, naturally available good quality construction materials are gradually becoming scarce. Consequently, there is an increase in the transportation cost for acquiring good quality materials. Thus, there is a need to develop or search for alternative materials for road construction.On the other hand, large quantity of byproducts are generated from agricultural, construction and demolition, industrial and domestic sources (Aravind and Das