Eco-Friendly Recovery Method for Manufacturing Flexible Paver’s Tile Construction from Waste Plastics

Abstract

Different plastic wastes were manufactured into paver’s tiles, which hardened using polyurethane binder. The waste of the most common engineering plastics known high density polyethylene, low density polyethylene, polypropylene, poly (vinyl chloride), poly (ethylene terephthalate), polycarbonate, and polystyrene were they washed, ground, extruded with heat, held with resin and finally pressed into special molds. Two types of tiles are manufactured with a surface area 15 x 15 cm2 and 30 x 30 cm2 have of 5 cm2 thick. The manufactured paver’s tiles were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy, Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, X-ray diffraction, and thermal analysis (Thermogravimetric analysis and Differential scanning calorimetry), in conjunction with mechanical and physical tests include compression strength, tensile strength, flexural strength, Charpy impact energy, surface roughness, and Rockwell hardness. Water absorption percentage and dimensional stability are the physical tests of the prepared paver’s tiles. Polyurethane held plastic tiles show highly strength construction paver’s tiles have hydrophobic nature and dimensionally stable.