Recycled waste glass as fine aggregate replacement in cementitious materials based on Portland cement

Disposal of waste glass derived from container or packaging glass, flat glass, domestic or tableware glass and continuous filament glass fibres is one of the major environmental challenges. This challenge continues to increase with increasing the amount of waste glass and decreasing the capacity of landfill space. Therefore, studies have been carried out to find practical ways to recycle waste glass in building materials such as cement, mortars, concretes and blocks. This paper presents an overview of the previous studies carried out on the use of waste glass as partial or full natural fine aggregate replacement in traditional mortar/concrete mixtures based on Portland cement (PC). Fresh properties, mechanical properties, abrasion resistance, water absorption, chloride ion penetration, permeability, chemical resistance, carbonation resistance, drying shrinkage and alkali-silica reaction (ASR) expansion of mortar/concrete mixtures containing waste glass as fine aggregate replacement have been reviewed.