9/14/2020 Use of Plastic Bottle as Brick

Use of Plastic Bottle as Brick

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BY
Krishna G. Lodha
NDMVP’S KBT COE, Nashik

USE OF WASTE PLASTIC BOTTLE MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN EVER!

Everyday millions of people drinks water from packed plastic bottles and though it is
expected that after consumption of water, bottle should be crushed and dropped in
dustbin. But it is not in practise effectively. So instead of telling everyone to do so, a new
method to use plastic bottles effectively is innovated.

In our country, Fly ash is produced in tremendous amount which was waste before couple
of years ago and then ‘Fly-ash bricks’ were invented.

The other idea of using fly ash as well as plastic bottles together was something country
need right now. After giving it lots of thoughts this paper is created. The basic Idea is to
take fly-ash and fill it as compact as possible in clean-dry bottle, so that bottle will be able
to sustain load effectively. then such bottles should be joined with the help of small
reinforcement like 2mm dia iron wires. Then this should be placed in formwork and
mortar should be poured.

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It’s still in research phase,so the results are imaginary. But effects are observed on small
prototype created using only 2 full compacted bottles. and currently whole project is
under study. But following are some advantages of using plastic bottle bricks:

– Low cost, non-brittle

– absorbs abrupt shock loads
– reusable
– less construction material
– easy to build

Though its still in research phase, I think we can use it to create minor construction like
bench, dustbin,road-dividers etc. We can make structures on which not much loads are
applied. We can not build a big construction like house (until now) from this method.I’m
sure after giving it more thoughts we can find a way to use it in actual construction.

By use of this method , we can solve the problem of plastic bottle as well as fly-ash also it
will reduce consumption of soil used to manufacture natural bricks.

The Procedure
1) Two bottles are neck-filled with fly ash and bonded together with wire
2) Then are places in formwork- to create a brick type structure

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3) Then filled with mortar and left to dry for 3 days. And then tested roughly and
structure was capable to sustain normal load.

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We are thankful to Mr. Krishna G. Lodha for submitting this very innovative idea to
us. We hope that this will be taken further and would be utilized in construction soon.

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