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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Using Recycled Construction Waste Amended with Pine Bark as a Substrate for Urban Plantings.

Claire Kenefick, Stephen J Livesley, John P Rayner, Claire Farrell

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Claire KenefickSchool of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Burnley Campus, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4057-4653
Stephen J LivesleySchool of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Burnley Campus, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3506-2458
John P RaynerSchool of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Burnley Campus, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8734-8725
Claire FarrellSchool of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Burnley Campus, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5822-7529

Funding

Australian Research Council LP190100536Department of Education Research Training Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In urban plantings, mined sand and scoria are commonly used as low-nutrient substrates to improve plant establishment and growth. However, reliance on mined materials conflicts with sustainability policies promoting resource circularity and waste reuse. Construction wastes are readily available, and while their high alkalinity and density may limit plant growth, incorporating organic matter, like pine bark, can ameliorate these issues. We investigated whether construction waste amended with pine bark can support plant growth. We evaluated physical and chemical properties of 12 substrates combining four mineral components-scoria (mined), sand (recycled), crushed concrete (recycled), and crushed rock (recycled)-with pine bark (10%, 20%, and 50%

Indexed as

alkalinitycrushed concretecrushed rockgrowing mediarecycled substratesandscoriasubstrate propertiesurban greeningwoody plants

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PMID41681567
PMCPMC12899144

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