Análisis de la Viabilidad Ambiental de la Utilización de Morteros Fabricados con Polvo de Vidrio en la Estabilización de Suelos

Abstract

This paper presents the analysis of the environmental impact caused by the use of mortar whose binder is made with waste glass powder. Within the concept of sustainability, civil engineering should develop their ability to use building materials reusing waste products, whose final destination are controlled landfills and secondly to minimize the negative impact on the environment when they are put into work. To this end, tests have been conducted on specimen's filtration mortars containing waste glass powder as binder migration to identify potentially dangerous emission of harmful elements. The realization of these trials has resulted in that sodium is the only element liberated in detectable amounts (principally from the glass). All other elements are released in quantities lower than one mg/l, which represent no hazard to the environment.