Life Cycle Assessment of Concrete Masonry Units withWaste Paper Fibres

Xiang Wang; Chee Seong Chin; Jun Xia

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-1706-5_6

Life Cycle Assessment of Concrete Masonry Units withWaste Paper Fibres

Xiang Wang, Chee Seong Chin^*, Jun Xia

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Renewable or recycled materials have been widely used in the construction industry to achieve a sustainable target. As a kind of short cellulose fibre, a massive amount of waste paper fibre was generated annually from the industrial and construction sectors. However, the research on the use of waste paper fibres in construction/building materials is limited. The feasibility and sustainability of papercrete used as a building material were investigated based on a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method by analysing its characteristics compared to four production scenarios. LCA results demonstrate waste paper fibres used as the cement substitute in concrete benefit to reduce the environmental impact compared to traditional disposal.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Building Materials for Sustainable and Ecological Environment
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	101-117
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811617065
ISBN (Print)	9789811617058
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1706-5_6
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021

Keywords

Concrete masonry unit
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
Waste disposal management
Waste paper fibres

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