Paper Title
Usage of Waste Plastic in Manufacturing of Plastic Bricks and Plastic Paver Blocks
Abstract
Plastics are key resources in circular economy and recycling after the end of useful life with economic value creation and minimal damage to environment is the key to their sustainable management. The project elucidates about the use of plastic in civil construction. The component used include everything from plastic screws and hanger to bigger plastic parts that are used in decoration, electric wiring, flooring, wall covering and waterproofing. A large amount of plastic is being brought into thr tourist trekking regions are discarded or burnd which leads to the contamination enviorment and air. Hence, these waste plastic are to be effectively utilised. High density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyethylene bags are cleaned and added with sand and aggregate at various percentage to obtain high strength bricks that possess thermal and sound insulation properties to control pollution and reduce the over all cost of construction, this is one of the best way to avoid the accumulation of plastic waste which is an on-degradable pollutant.
Keyword - High-density Polyethylene (HDPE), Plastic waste, Compressive strength, Plastic bricks, Paver Blocks.