Overview on Manufacturing of Tiles from Plastic Waste

Abstract

Plastic waste is a non-biodegradable waste which cannot decompose and this creates water, land pollution and air pollution. Also, while we burn the plastic waste in Dumping Ground, the percentage of plastic waste is increasing rapidly. It is estimated that the plastic waste will double after a decade as we use hundred grades of plastic in our daily life. We can recycle, reuse the plastic waste. As a civil engineer we have to innovate something new related to this, which is a boon for civil engineering. So, here we try to do something innovative as reuse of plastic waste for the production of floor tiles. The present investigation at manufacturing Floor tiles using waste plastic in different properties with Fly ash, without use of cement and comparing it with the normal cement tiles. To evaluate different physical and mechanical properties, tests like water absorption test, transverse resistance, resistance of impact and abrasion resistance tests were carried out as per IS specifications on the plastic tile and these test results were compared with normal cement tiles. The results obtained have shown better result compared to normal tile. As per this study it can considered to use plastic waste as a binding material instead of cement in manufacture of floor tiles. However, we generally use two to three types of polymers to make tiles,” Paras explains. High-density polyethene (HDPE), Polypropylene (PP), and sometimes Low-density Polyethylene (LDPE). “We mix 15 per cent of fillers while recycling the plastics, to make it more tensile and durable.