Papercrete Bricks - An Alternative Sustainable Building Material
Journal Title: International Journal of engineering Research and Applications - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
A large amount of non-renewable resources is consumed by the construction industry throughout the world. Everyday tons of waste papers are discarded as landfill or dump sites than those recycled. It is learnt that it takes about fifteen trees to make a ton of paper which means that 720 million trees are used once and then buried as landfills each year. In order to address these issues it has become imperative to push the boundaries of research in the field of innovative sustainable construction materials. This study is one such kind of efforts. Papercrete is a new composite material comprising of waste papers and cement. In this investigation, an attempt is made to produce an alternative material using waste papers. This could help eradicate a few of the environmental hazards caused by the construction industry. But there is no proper code for the mix proportioning of papercrete bricks. Therefore, a mix proportion of [Cement: Paper: Sand] 1:1.25:2 was chosen on trial and error basis. All the necessary engineering properties are studied and compared with the conventional bricks and discussions on its potential uses are made.
Authors and Affiliations
Myriam Marie Delcasse, Rahul V, Abhilash C, Pavan M K, Gangadhar .
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