Bricks Made Out of Plastic

Baisakhi.D; Shalya Acamma

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i02.2579

Bricks Made Out of Plastic

Author(s)	Baisakhi.D, Shalya Acamma
Country	India
Abstract	Plastics are key resources in the circular economy and recycling after the end of useful life with economic value creation and minimal damage to the environment is the key to their sustainable management. Studies in a large stream of research have explored impregnating waste plastics in concrete and reported encouraging results with multiple benefits. The present study makes a critical review of some of these findings and gleans some common useful trends in the properties reported in these studies. The study also presents results of experimental work on bricks made of non-recyclable waste thermoplastic granules constituting 0 to 20% by weight, with 4kg of fly ash, cement, and sand making up the remainder. The bricks were cured under water for 28 days and baked at a temperature ranging from 90oC to 110oC for 2 hours. The key characteristics of these bricks are found to be lightweight, porous, have low thermal conductivity, and have appreciable mechanical strengths. Though such bricks hold promise, no similar study appears to have been reported so far. Unlike other processes of making porous bricks, which usually involve incineration to burn combustible materials to form pores with the implication of high carbon emission, the proposed process is non-destructive in that the bricks are merely baked at a low temperature, sufficient to melt the waste plastic that gets diffused within the body of the bricks. The compressive strength after the addition of waste plastic is the same as normal brick strength. And also reduce the water absorption capacity of brick is reduced compared with nominal brick. Efflorescence values were low than the normal brick. The bricks are likely to add energy efficiency in buildings and help create economic value for manufacturers, thereby, encouraging the ecosystem of plastic waste management involving all actors in the value chain.
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 2, March-April 2023
Published On	2023-04-22
Cite This	Bricks Made Out of Plastic - Baisakhi.D, Shalya Acamma - IJFMR Volume 5, Issue 2, March-April 2023. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i02.2579
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i02.2579
Short DOI	https://doi.org/gr6h77

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