Evaluation of the Mechanical and Physical Properties of the Modified Paver Block by Using Waste Plastic Products

Abstract

The substantial rush in waste products led researchers to look into innovative and sustainable work in the waste plastic reuse and recycling in the research field for the betterment of the environment. Plastic waste is increasing demand in sectors such as Building and Construction, Textiles, Consumer & Institutional Products, Transportation, Electrical/Electronic, and Industrial Machinery. From which construction sector have a significant and fast-growing impact gaining a lot of attention due to modified product made from plastic waste. This modification's purpose is to minimize the waste produced from different sectors to be filled in land or oceans. The current study introduces a paver block made with different waste plastic products along with binding material to completely substitute cement. In this study, the constituents of modified paver blocks comprise bottles, bags, and trays & of cartoons collected from scrapyard as waste with varying natural sand content. The use of Plastic in paver blocks in varying proportions of 70%, 80%, and 90% to replace cement completely making paver blocks. The investigation is to discover satisfactory physical and mechanical properties for the modification done with the waste plastic product. The test done is water absorption, abrasion, density, strength, and soundness. Thus, this study concludes that the plastic product slightly increases the strength property. Also, there is the decrease in water absorption due to high content of plastic making a sustainable and clean environment by depleting plastic to a certain extent.