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The application of circular economy criteria to develop new, more sustainable construction products has become one of the major challenges for the society of the future. This research advances towards the development of new lightened gypsum composites that incorporate waste from end-of-life tyres and recycled fibres from mineral wool thermal insulation in their composition. The results show how it is possible to reduce the consumption of the original raw materials by replacing them with recycled rubber granular particles, developing new construction products that are lighter, with better water resistance and greater thermal resistance. Additionally, it is shown that the incorporation of recycled fibres from rock wool and glass wool insulation is a good solution to improve the mechanical resistance of lightened gypsum composites, giving these construction and demolition wastes a second useful life by reincorporating them in the process of manufacturing new prefabricated housing products.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma16010243","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,28]],"date-time":"2022-12-28T05:31:54Z","timestamp":1672205514000},"page":"243","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Recovery of End-of-Life Tyres and Mineral Wool Waste: A Case Study with Gypsum Composite Materials Applying Circular Economy Criteria"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Alicia","family":"Zaragoza-Benzal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Tecnolog\u00eda de la Edificaci\u00f3n, Escuela T\u00e9cnica Superior de Edificaci\u00f3n, Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Ferr\u00e1ndez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Tecnolog\u00eda de la Edificaci\u00f3n, Escuela T\u00e9cnica Superior de Edificaci\u00f3n, Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0134-6762","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paulo","family":"Santos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Stuctural Engineering (ISISE), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6928-5134","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlos","family":"Mor\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departamento de Tecnolog\u00eda de la Edificaci\u00f3n, Escuela T\u00e9cnica Superior de Edificaci\u00f3n, Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1156","DOI":"10.1016\/j.enpol.2019.03.003","article-title":"Energy efficiency of residential buildings in the European Union\u2014An exploratory analysis of cross-country consumption patterns","volume":"129","author":"Thonipara","year":"2019","journal-title":"Energy Policy"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"166","DOI":"10.1016\/j.resconrec.2018.04.016","article-title":"Construction and demolition waste best management practice in Europe","volume":"136","author":"Styles","year":"2018","journal-title":"Resour. 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