Investigation of usability of vegetable waste ashes as building material

Vegetable waste, agricultural residues resulting from the production and processing of vegetable products, the large amount of which remains unassessed, some as fertilizer used and in many cases require the disposal of a variety of methods, such as the product is not described as products, shells, cores, pruning residues such as vegetable residues waste. In addition to the amount of product produced, there are many factors such as climate, geography, education and socioeconomic status. Agricultural production and vegetable wastes increased with the increase in population. The search for new and renewable energy sources in the world and in our country has significantly increased in recent years to meet this increasing energy need. Increasing the energy and raw material needs led to research on the use of agricultural waste as a renewable energy and construction material. One of the most important costs in construction materials is cement. Recycling different types of ashes for cement production has gained increasing attentions worldwide in a bid to close the waste loop. It minimizes waste landfilling and meanwhile produces useful secondary materials with reduced costs. In this study, in order to ensure the recycling of vegetable waste, a comprehensive review of the environmental protection and the applicability of the mortar were investigated. As a result of the studies, the mortar sample which gives the values closest to the reference sample is the samples with the addition of F2 coded nutshell ash. Flexure strength was 7.62 MPa, compressive strength was 31.19 MPa, ultrasonic pulse velocity was 3.97 km/h and water absorption percentage was 6.49%.