Sorted municipal solid waste ash as cement substitute: A study on paper ash and food waste ash

• Main Authors: Lin, Jiayi, Yong, Chee Lok, Zhang, Fengyi, Tan, Tee How, Metselaar, Hendrik Simon Cornelis, El Hassan, Hilal, Mo, Kim Hung
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2024
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TH Building construction
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45134/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e03329
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This study explores the feasibility of using sorted municipal solid waste, namely waste -derived paper ash (PA) and food waste ash (FWA) as partial cement substitute (0 -15 %) in both paste and mortar. Although the introduction of PA and FWA into the mortar mix leads to a slight expansion of the ble...