UTILIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Abstract

Utilization of industrial waste in construction industry. This experimental work is an effort to try to develop the awareness & importance of industrial waste management & its utilization in productive manner among the people. In today’s more environmentally-Conscious world, a more responsible approach to the environment is to increase the use of by-products of one industry which is disposed off as waste as raw material for some other industry. Developed countries have made rapid strides in the utilization of supplementary Cementitious material in cement & concrete. Lack of awareness Consumer preferences, negatives marketing strategies & Lot of miss-understanding among the people have impeded their utilization in our country. In this work I have chosen three industrial wastes for blending with Portland cement Viz. Fly ash, Blast furnace slag & waste of glass industry. All these three waste after grinding properly were blended with ordinary Portland cement in different proportions. Then that of blended cement was tested for various properties of cements such as Fineness, Standard Consistency; Soundness, Setting time & Compressive Strength. As all these three wastes in powder form are of cementitious materials, they are proved to be best when blended with Cement. I have got improved results related to most of the properties of cement as compared to that of ordinary Portland cement. All these wastes prove the slogans true that are “ash to cash” or “refuse to resource” & “wastes to wealth”. In our country annually huge quantities of wastes are produced by the industries. Instead of disposing off these wastes if they are utilized in such a manner then it will provide an eco-friendly Solution, simultaneously solving the problem of pollution. So such waste can be blended with Cement, is the step towards economy & obviously towards progress of the nation.