Effective and sustainable use of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash in concrete regarding strength and durability

An effective approach to reduce the enormous volume of non-hazardous non-recyclable waste (namely municipal solid waste, or MSW) is incineration. The incineration can be a viable solution given that landfilling of MSW is both expensive and polluting. The obtained bottom ash is a material with great potential to be used in cementitious products as partial cement replacement. This has the double advantage of reducing landfill and reducing the...