Potential application of LDPE plastic waste into tiles
Plastic has interesting characteristics which makes it the most used material in the world. However, plastic is known to be a non-biodegradable material which unable to naturally decompost in soil and thus contribute to environmental issue. As alternative, plastic waste has been recycled to produce...
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| author | Awang, Zarizi M. Yusof, Nuur Asyikin Tajul Baharuddin, Mohamad Faizal Hashim, Nor Haslina Mohd Arish, Nur Aini Abdul Rahman, Mohd Fahrni |
| author2 | Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah |
| author_facet | Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah Awang, Zarizi M. Yusof, Nuur Asyikin Tajul Baharuddin, Mohamad Faizal Hashim, Nor Haslina Mohd Arish, Nur Aini Abdul Rahman, Mohd Fahrni |
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| description | Plastic has interesting characteristics which makes it the most used material in the world. However, plastic is known to be a non-biodegradable material which unable to naturally decompost in soil and thus contribute to environmental issue. As alternative, plastic waste has been recycled to produce quality and sustainable construction materials as the source is abundant. Thus, this study is carried out to utilize plastic waste particularly low density polyethylene (LDPE) and with sand in manufacturing tiles in two different sand and plastic waste ratios of 2:1 and 2:2. The tiles manufactured were further analyzed for their water absorption and compressive strength. It was found that the tiles made of mixture ratio of 2:2 have higher compressive strength and lower weight compared to that of 2:1 ratio. The average weight of tiles for 2:1 ratio was 891.59 g, while ratio 2:2 produced tiles with weight of 1319.5 g. Tiles manufactured from the plastic waste also showed better water absorption and compressive strength compared to normal cement tiles. |
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| spelling | uthm-21912021-11-02T03:26:18Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2191/ Potential application of LDPE plastic waste into tiles Awang, Zarizi M. Yusof, Nuur Asyikin Tajul Baharuddin, Mohamad Faizal Hashim, Nor Haslina Mohd Arish, Nur Aini Abdul Rahman, Mohd Fahrni TH Building construction Plastic has interesting characteristics which makes it the most used material in the world. However, plastic is known to be a non-biodegradable material which unable to naturally decompost in soil and thus contribute to environmental issue. As alternative, plastic waste has been recycled to produce quality and sustainable construction materials as the source is abundant. Thus, this study is carried out to utilize plastic waste particularly low density polyethylene (LDPE) and with sand in manufacturing tiles in two different sand and plastic waste ratios of 2:1 and 2:2. The tiles manufactured were further analyzed for their water absorption and compressive strength. It was found that the tiles made of mixture ratio of 2:2 have higher compressive strength and lower weight compared to that of 2:1 ratio. The average weight of tiles for 2:1 ratio was 891.59 g, while ratio 2:2 produced tiles with weight of 1319.5 g. Tiles manufactured from the plastic waste also showed better water absorption and compressive strength compared to normal cement tiles. Penerbit UTHM Tuan Ismail, Tuan Noor Hasanah Osman, Mohamad Hairi Yuriz, Yasmin Md Amin, Harina Adnan, Suraya Hani 2020 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2191/1/Ch05%20Potential%20Application%20of%20LDPE.pdf Awang, Zarizi and M. Yusof, Nuur Asyikin and Tajul Baharuddin, Mohamad Faizal and Hashim, Nor Haslina and Mohd Arish, Nur Aini and Abdul Rahman, Mohd Fahrni (2020) Potential application of LDPE plastic waste into tiles. In: Construction Materials and Technology. Penerbit UTHM, pp. 45-58. ISBN 978-967-2389-63-7 |
| spellingShingle | TH Building construction Awang, Zarizi M. Yusof, Nuur Asyikin Tajul Baharuddin, Mohamad Faizal Hashim, Nor Haslina Mohd Arish, Nur Aini Abdul Rahman, Mohd Fahrni Potential application of LDPE plastic waste into tiles |
| title | Potential application of LDPE plastic waste into tiles |
| title_full | Potential application of LDPE plastic waste into tiles |
| title_fullStr | Potential application of LDPE plastic waste into tiles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential application of LDPE plastic waste into tiles |
| title_short | Potential application of LDPE plastic waste into tiles |
| title_sort | potential application of ldpe plastic waste into tiles |
| topic | TH Building construction |
| url | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2191/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2191/1/Ch05%20Potential%20Application%20of%20LDPE.pdf |