Performance of Sustainable Concrete Containing HDPE Plastic Wastes as Coarse Aggregate: Minor Review

Abstract

Many experimental studies had made by the researchers to investigate the properties of concrete with different types of plastic wastes as coarse aggregate or as fibres. This research focuses on the studies dealing with High Density Polyethylene HDPE plastic type as coarse aggregate in concrete and making a summary of the most important findings from these studies. All the experimental works stated in these studies showed a decrease in flexural strength, splitting strength and flexural strength. The results also showed that there is a clear decrease in the thermal conductivity which leads to improve thermal insulation of concrete.