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An accomplishment in the field or recycling. The collaboratory efforts of Proffesor Rahul Ralegaonkar and Proffesor Sachin Mandavgane of the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology in India
(VNIT) have developed a way of creating paper bricks from recycling waste! The bricks constitute of 90% recycled paper mill waste (RPMW) and 10% cement. Firstly, the mixture is mechanically mixed, pressed into moulds and lastly cured in the sun. This not only makes this brilliant recycled brick low-cost but also efficient and serves as a good alternative.
Mandavgane and Ralegaonkar visited a recycling plant in 2009. Later they discovered that 15% of the paper utilized was left to sit as sludge. They decided to bring the slurry back to their labs at VNIT, they experimented on that mixture and concluded that it would make a good building material. Their bricks are made from 90% recycled paper materials. They have been successfully used in false ceilings and partition walls.
Blocks made from these cast- off materials are half the cost of normal bricks and are way lighter in comparison. The Indian construction market ( 30% supply deficit) will highly benefit from these inexpensive bricks. Currently their team is working on waterproof coating for the bricks ( so they can be used on housing exteriors) and determining the material's efficacy in earthquake prone areas.
“Recycle Paper Mills (RPM) contribute 30 percent of [the] total pulp and paper mill segment in India. With 85 percent being the average efficiency of RPM, 5 per cent waste (RPMW) is produced annually. RPMW which otherwise is land filled has been utilized to make construction bricks that serve a purpose of solid waste management, new revenue generation and earning carbon credits,” says Mandavgane.
Image : Inhabitat
(VNIT) have developed a way of creating paper bricks from recycling waste! The bricks constitute of 90% recycled paper mill waste (RPMW) and 10% cement. Firstly, the mixture is mechanically mixed, pressed into moulds and lastly cured in the sun. This not only makes this brilliant recycled brick low-cost but also efficient and serves as a good alternative.
Mandavgane and Ralegaonkar visited a recycling plant in 2009. Later they discovered that 15% of the paper utilized was left to sit as sludge. They decided to bring the slurry back to their labs at VNIT, they experimented on that mixture and concluded that it would make a good building material. Their bricks are made from 90% recycled paper materials. They have been successfully used in false ceilings and partition walls.
Blocks made from these cast- off materials are half the cost of normal bricks and are way lighter in comparison. The Indian construction market ( 30% supply deficit) will highly benefit from these inexpensive bricks. Currently their team is working on waterproof coating for the bricks ( so they can be used on housing exteriors) and determining the material's efficacy in earthquake prone areas.
“Recycle Paper Mills (RPM) contribute 30 percent of [the] total pulp and paper mill segment in India. With 85 percent being the average efficiency of RPM, 5 per cent waste (RPMW) is produced annually. RPMW which otherwise is land filled has been utilized to make construction bricks that serve a purpose of solid waste management, new revenue generation and earning carbon credits,” says Mandavgane.
Image : Inhabitat
