Properties of sandcrete blocks stabilized with cashew apple ash as a partial replacement for cement.

The use of by-products from agricultural production as stabilizers in concrete and mortar in developing countries could result in numerous benefits. These by-products are readily available, cheap, and have a lesser carbon footprint. As Portland cement prices keep rising, the search for alternatives to sustainable construction materials is necessary.

Paperbricks produced from wastes: modeling and optimization of compressive strength by response surface approach.

The high cost of building materials occasioned by the increased cost of constituent materials has contributed immensely to the problem of housing deficit faced in Africa and major developing countries of the world. Waste paper can be recycled into bricks but there are limited studies to that effect. Waste glass is used as partial cement replacement to reduce the cost of cement and is also used as a pozzolan.

Mechanical performance and Taguchi optimization of kenaf fiber/cement-paperboard composite for interior application.

Demand for particleboards keeps increasing and as such more trees are fell for its production, engendering deforestation. For the purpose of reducing falling of trees, this study, focused on recycling of waste paper in the development of paperboard as alternative to particleboards used for furniture and interior household applications. Kenaf fiber (KF) was blended at varying proportions of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 wt.

Recycling of synthetic waste wig fiber in the production of cement-adobe for building envelope: physio-hydric properties.

Waste wigs are often disposed off in their volume on landfills, thus constituting a nuisance to the environment. Recycling these wigs in masonry bricks is a way via which they can be recycled and reused. On such premise, waste wig fiber (WWF) was recycled by incorporating into the cement-sand-clay composite mix for masonry bricks production.