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Table 1 Industrial wastes for concrete.

From: Decision Analysis for the Influence of Incorporating Waste Materials on Green Concrete Properties

Category

Industry

Waste

Name

Abbreviations

Industrial end-of-life product residues

Construction industry

▪ Buildings’ demolition

(1) Construction and demolition waste

CDW

▪ Glass manufacturing

(2) Glass waste

GW

▪ Acrylic paints production

(3) Water-dispersible acrylic monomer

WDAM

Automotive industry

▪ Tires manufacturing

(4) Recycled tire rubbers

TR

Industry by-product residues

Metal industry

▪ Silicon metal production

(5) Waste silica “silica fume”

SF

▪ Metal casting production

(6) Spent foundry sand

SFS

▪ Steel manufacturing

(7) Steel slag

SS

(8) Ground granulated blast furnace slag

GGBS

(9) Iron waste

IW

▪ Copper manufacturing

(10) Copper slag

CS

Construction industry

▪ Marble and granite mining and processing

(11) Marble waste

MW

▪ Quarries, rock mining and processing

(12) Quarry dust

QD

▪ Kaolin mining and processing

(13) Kaolin waste

KW

▪ Wastewater treatment plants

(14) Sewage sludge ash

SSA

▪ Wood manufacturing

(15) Wood ash

WA

Thermal power plants

▪ Coal-fired power plants

(16) Coal fly ash

FA

(17) Coal combustion bottom ash

CCBA

▪ Burning of palm oil waste power plants

(18) Palm oil fuel ash

POFA