期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology
印刷版ISSN：2347-6710
电子版ISSN：2319-8753
出版年度：2018
卷号：7
期号：6
页码：6558-6562
DOI：10.15680/IJIRSET.2018.0706026
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Modern world is facing a serious situation of waste management, especially plastic waste. Everyday
thousands of tonnes of plastic is dumped to the garbage but there is no enough method to treat and recycle the plastic
world. A large amount of plastic is been discarded or burned daily which leads to the contamination of environment
and air. Accumulation of plastic waste in the environment is hazardous to both plant and animal life. The plastic waste
bottles in the form of PET ( Poly ethylene terephthalate) has an important environmental challenge and its recycling
faces a big problem due to its non-degradable nature. The large volumes of materials required for infrastructure
construction is potentially a major area for the reuse of waste materials. Thus to overcome this problem the plastic
waste bottles are been treated with M-sand to make brick for construction purpose. This paper studies the properties of
bricks manufactured by mixing Manufactured Sand (M-Sand) and Poly ethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and its
suitability as a building unit. PET bottles were chopped in to small pieces and heat was supplied from below. M-sand
was added in 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5 & 1:6 (plastic and M-sand respectively) proportions into the molten plastic paste for the
manufacturing of plastic soil bricks and is poured into moulds of required size. This alternatively saves the quanta of
sand/clay that has been taken away from the precious river beds/mines, and is the one of the best ways to avoid the
accumulation of plastic waste which is non-biodegradable pollutant.
关键词：Waste Management; Plastic waste; building units; PET bottles;
