Abstract
The increase of waste in Indonesia has reached 38 million tons per year and about 30% of this waste are plastic. One of the efforts is to overcome this issue is by using thin plastic waste from packaging which is rarely recycled to become plastic blocks wall material (PBWM), where the plastic was melted in hot waste engine oil (WEO). The main purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of the PBWM. Variation of material proportion was based on trials. The plastic waste was initially shredded to sizes about 5-10mm. On sample productions, the WEO was heated to 200°C then the shredded plastic gradually added and evenly mixed, and poured into a metal mould. The mixture was cooled down to ideal temperature for compaction of 110°C to 125°C, then left to reach room temperature. It was obtained that the Initial Rate of Suction (IRS) test results range from 0.0982-0.1012 kg/ 2.
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