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India is facing a serious challenge in disposing of waste in the many landfills throughout the country that are near or at capacity. The landfill situation is resulting in high disposal costs and potential environmental problems. If the current situation continues with waste production is grow by 5% each year, landfills would be at full capacity by 2020. This paper reports on the results of an experimental investigation for concrete using wastepaper as additional materials in concrete mixes to be used in housing projects, for which it must be assured that the waste paper concrete has the proper mechanical strength. Concrete mixes containing various contents of the paper was prepared and basic strength characteristics such as compressive strength, splitting tensile were determined and compared with a control mix. The concrete mixes containing of the waste material, such as conventional concrete, 5%, 10%, 15% as an additional materials to concrete were prepared with ratios of 1:1.5:3 by weight of cement, sand, and coarse aggregate respectively. The maximum size of coarse aggregate was 20mm. In this work, the strength of concrete was increased by adding the paper pulp into the concrete upto 10%. The test results indicate that additional use of waste paper pulp above 10% in concrete has reduced the strength of concrete.