Sustainable Waste Management for Solid Waste Dominance in Metals, Concrete Brick Mix of Plasticizer with Interlocking - A Case Study

Abstract

The goal of this initiative is to reduce plastic trash and recycle it into valuable items like bricks and in construction. After manufacturing operations, service industries, and municipal solid wastes, several waste products are created. Concerns about disposing of created garbage have been greatly exacerbated by the growing environmental consciousness. One of the world's top conservation concerns is the management of solid waste. Employment of garbage has evolved to be a remarkable replacement for disposal because to the lack of land for landfilling and its ever-rising expense. Researchers, businesses, and industries are conducting studies on the use of waste materials in concrete. These waste materials include used tyres, glass, steel, plastic, burned foundry sand, and coal that has been burned by other products (CCBs). Plastic trash, which is growing by the day, is becoming an eyesore and polluting the environment, particularly in high mountain settlements where there is no rubbish collection infrastructure. A considerable amount of
plastic is taken into tourist hiking destinations, which is then thrown or burnt, polluting the ecosystem and air. These used plastics will therefore be put to good use. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyethylene (PE) bags are washed and blended with sand and gravel at variable percentages to create high-strength bricks with the ability to insulate sound and heat. This reduces pollution and lowers the costs associated with it overall. This will avoid the amount of sand/clay that would otherwise be extracted from valuable river beds/mines. Because the plastic garbage is readily available in large quantities, the cost component is reduced. To get the desired hues, colouring agents can also be added to the mixture. The current paper provides a comprehensive examination of residual wastes, recycled plastics, waste management prospects, and studies that have been done on the effects of highly recyclable plastics on the added and toughened qualities of 156 concrete. An attempt is made to investigate the qualities of a brick built from
plastic trash and also comparing plastic and geo polymer bricks to current bricks such as fly ash, clay, and CLC bricks in this study. Also, by adopting the interlocking idea, cement in the construction area may be replaced to minimise use.