An Overview on Utilization of Stone Waste in Construction Industry

Dimensional stones are mainly used for flooring and cladding or sometimes as ornamental elements in buildings or monuments. The dimensioning process of stones accumulate very high amount of solid and slurry waste which poses serious environmental issues.

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Abstract Dimensional stones are mainly used for flooring and cladding or sometimes as ornamental elements in buildings or monuments. The dimensioning process of stones accumulate very high amount of solid and slurry waste which poses serious environmental issues. Moreover, the progressive growth of construction industry consumes natural resources at large scale. Thus, the utilization of stone waste as pozzolanic and non-pozzolanic constituents in construction activities can minimize the explosive use of natural resources and promotes environmental sustainability. This paper demonstrates the review of recent research studies reported on the possible use of stone waste (SW) in cementitious products as subrogation of cement and fine aggregates. The effect of SW utilization on fresh, mechanical and durability performance such as penetration, shrinkage, porosity, carbonation and chemical immersion have been reviewed in this summary. The review of previous studies signifies that the utilization of discarded stone waste enhanced the mechanical and durability performance of the cementitious matrix due to the filling effect. Keywords Slurry · Natural resources · Mechanical · Construction industry · Sustainability

1 Introduction Construction industry plays an important role in the development of any nation. Mortar and concrete are the basic materials used in construction activities. The M. Singh (B) · B. Saini · H. D. Chalak Civil Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India e-mail: [email protected] B. Saini e-mail: [email protected] H. D. Chalak e-mail: [email protected] © RILEM 2021 D. K. Ashish et al. (eds.), 3rd International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development, RILEM Bookseries 29, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51485-3_38

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main constituents used in the preparation of cementitious mixture are cement and aggregates. The processing of both constituents (cement and aggregates) adversely impact the environmental ecosystem [1]. Indian construction industry approximately consumes 400 Million Tonnes (Mt) concrete per year and it is estimated to reach out 1000 Mt in less than a decade [2]. During the processing of cement a large amount of harmful greenhouse gases are emitted; approximately 1 ton of CO2 emission is released into the surrounding air for production of 1 ton cement [3, 4]. The rapid growth in construction activities leads the demand of cement, which is very detrimental for the environment due to emissions of CO2 and greenhouse gases. As the conventional cement-based products mainly composed of three constituents; cement, aggregate and water. Therefore, the utilization of excellent quality of constituents is necessary for making strong quality of cementitious composites. Moreover, the cementitious products comprise large amount of fine aggregates (sand). In mix design of cement products, fine aggregates cover the large part of the total constituents used. The fine aggregates