Recycling of Floor Tile Waste as Fine Aggregate in Flowable Sand Concrete

This work aims to study the possibility of recycling floor tile waste as fine aggregate in the manufacturing of flowable sand concrete (FSC). For this; the sand is substituted with floor tile waste at different percentages (0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60%). The mini-slump flow diameter and density of fresh mixes, as well as compressive and flexural strength in hardened state of the different FSC mixes, are determined, analyzed and compared with control concrete. The obtained results show that some physical and mechanical characteristics of FSC mixes with floor tile waste are better than those of conventional flowable sand concrete. This study, as well, insures that reusing floor tile wastes in FSC gives a positive approach to reduce the cost of materials and solve some environmental problems.