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Life-cycle assessment of compressed bricks using Cameron Highlands reservoir sediment as primary material

Disposal of dredged sediments has recently been linked to environmental and health issues, rather than bringing any economic value to the country. Furthermore, the overexploitation of clay for brick production is destructive to the environment. Hence, it is essential to develop a decisive method to...

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Main Authors: Ong C.-F., Ean L.-W., Lau S.-H., Tan J.-H.
Other Authors: 57205214515
Format: Conference Paper
Published: EDP Sciences 2023
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-269082023-05-29T17:37:43Z Life-cycle assessment of compressed bricks using Cameron Highlands reservoir sediment as primary material Ong C.-F. Ean L.-W. Lau S.-H. Tan J.-H. 57205214515 55324334700 37067350100 58078048600 Disposal of dredged sediments has recently been linked to environmental and health issues, rather than bringing any economic value to the country. Furthermore, the overexploitation of clay for brick production is destructive to the environment. Hence, it is essential to develop a decisive method to minimize the land and water pollution resulting from improper disposal as well as lessening the consumption of natural resources in the brick production. The key objective of this study is to identify environmental impacts of compressed bricks using Cameron Highlands reservoir sediment to replace clay in the compressed brick. The life cycle assessment is conducted in a cradle-to-gate manner. This study also presents the avoided process of recycled sediments in the life cycle assessment. The damage categories are quantified in terms of human health, ecosystem and resource availability by using ReCiPe Endpoint indicators. According to the results of the life cycle assessment, the compressed sediment brick is favourable from an environmental perspective. In comparison to compressed clay brick, the compressed sediment brick offers promising options for the long-term because it contributes high environmental performance among all the impact and damage categories assessed in this study. � The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. Final 2023-05-29T09:37:42Z 2023-05-29T09:37:42Z 2022 Conference Paper 10.1051/e3sconf/202234702015 2-s2.0-85146913126 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85146913126&doi=10.1051%2fe3sconf%2f202234702015&partnerID=40&md5=e96bd96e236be91af1791ad7e30b2005 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/26908 347 2015 All Open Access, Gold EDP Sciences Scopus
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description Disposal of dredged sediments has recently been linked to environmental and health issues, rather than bringing any economic value to the country. Furthermore, the overexploitation of clay for brick production is destructive to the environment. Hence, it is essential to develop a decisive method to minimize the land and water pollution resulting from improper disposal as well as lessening the consumption of natural resources in the brick production. The key objective of this study is to identify environmental impacts of compressed bricks using Cameron Highlands reservoir sediment to replace clay in the compressed brick. The life cycle assessment is conducted in a cradle-to-gate manner. This study also presents the avoided process of recycled sediments in the life cycle assessment. The damage categories are quantified in terms of human health, ecosystem and resource availability by using ReCiPe Endpoint indicators. According to the results of the life cycle assessment, the compressed sediment brick is favourable from an environmental perspective. In comparison to compressed clay brick, the compressed sediment brick offers promising options for the long-term because it contributes high environmental performance among all the impact and damage categories assessed in this study. � The Authors, published by EDP Sciences.
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Ean L.-W.
Lau S.-H.
Tan J.-H.
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Ean L.-W.
Lau S.-H.
Tan J.-H.
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Lau S.-H.
Tan J.-H.
Life-cycle assessment of compressed bricks using Cameron Highlands reservoir sediment as primary material
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title Life-cycle assessment of compressed bricks using Cameron Highlands reservoir sediment as primary material
title_short Life-cycle assessment of compressed bricks using Cameron Highlands reservoir sediment as primary material
title_full Life-cycle assessment of compressed bricks using Cameron Highlands reservoir sediment as primary material
title_fullStr Life-cycle assessment of compressed bricks using Cameron Highlands reservoir sediment as primary material
title_full_unstemmed Life-cycle assessment of compressed bricks using Cameron Highlands reservoir sediment as primary material
title_sort life-cycle assessment of compressed bricks using cameron highlands reservoir sediment as primary material
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