Utilization of Industrial Waste in Concrete Mixes—A Review

In the current scenarios, the employment of various varieties of by-products in pozzolanic material has become a typical practice in concrete mixes. In this epoch of industry, innovation in technology for the utilization of fabric with higher potency and specifically reusing identical material with equal effectiveness and productivity is in high demand to avoid wasting natural resources. In this study, the feasibility of adding various industrial waste materials at discrete levels in construction material has been suggested. For Example, waste rubber tire, electric arc furnace dust, induction furnace dust used foundry sand, welding slag and others are the by-products of the industry which have been characterized as perilous because of containing some heavy metals such as zinc, cobalt, lead, copper and some other extraneous material. A significant assessment has been carried out to explore the physical characteristics and business potential of scrap tires, which can be used as an alternative to natural aggregates in concrete. Similarly, replacing rubber for natural aggregates can provide plain rubberized concrete (PRC) and it can be used for non-structural applications. Welding slag can also be a substitute of fine aggregates in plain cement concrete which shows an impactable effect by increasing the strength of concrete. This paper summarizes and provides extensive conclusions from the outcomes of the previous studies in terms of the contemporary and mechanical properties of concrete. It has been concluded that the outcome is favorable for solving socio-environmental problems with the effective use of these waste in concrete mixes in different forms.