A Review on the Use of Industrial Waste and Agricultural Waste in the Production of Alkali-activated Concrete

Abstract

Due to rapid growth and urbanization, the need for better infrastructure and population rehabilitation has increased to a huge extent. This has led to an increased demand for buildings and industrial infrastructure which imposes a huge demand for basic building material cement, which is one of the major contributors to global warming. The ever-increasing demand of the population has also led to cause a huge generation of waste in the environment. The waste generation has further polluted the environment and has disturbed the ecology. This paper mainly aims at using various agricultural and industrial wastes in alkali-activated concrete (AAC) which provides a solution to both the problems since this concrete replaces the cement material and reduced the production of carbon dioxide and also the utilization of waste material for the betterment of the society.