Utilization of E-waste in Concrete and its Environmental Impact - A Review

Electronic waste or e-waste defines rejected electrical or electronic devices. Secondhand electronics which are destined for recover, resale, salvage, recycling, or disposal are also considered e-waste. Electronic waste is an emerging concern posing serious contamination problems to the human and the environment. E-waste disposal is a typical task for whole over the world. Utilization of E-waste materials is a partial solution to environmental and ecological problems. Due to large amount of concrete use as the construction material availability of raw material is being questioned. Therefore, other replacing materials are needed to be finding out. E-waste is used as one such alternative for aggregate in concrete. This paper presents a summary on probable use of E-waste in concrete on the basis of different researchers and it marches strong possibility of E-waste being used as additional of aggregate as well as environmental impact. The use of natural aggregates in concrete will be decreased if different types of by-product is used in concrete as a substitute material. And it is more important to renovate the waste material.