Study on plastic pet bottles characteristics to develop eco-friendly plastic paver blocks

Abstract

Production of plastic has been increased nowadays, nearly 16 tonnes are produced per day meanwhile the degradation of plastic is very difficult because of slow process degradation. This study focuses on an eco-friendly paving product. Here plastic waste has taken for the investigation to develop a product by replacing cement with plastic waste in paver blocks. The main objective of this investigation is to recycle plastic waste into pavers and to analyze its characteristics based on the recent developments in industrial needs. Nowadays plastic is more accustomed around the world. Hence this work paves the way to reduce plastic waste accumulation in the surrounding environment. The plastic wastes were collected from the nearest surrounding and it is mixed with M-sand of an optimum percentage to cast paver blocks. The plastic paver block reduces the plastic waste, controls the pollution, and reduces the overall cost of production. The application of pavement blocks is perfect on pathways and street ways as it is a simple way of finishing and laying, also cost-effective compared to conservative paving blocks. Here the strength properties of pavement blocks incorporating PET bottles are presented.