Recycled HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) Plastic Tile An Initial Prototype

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.3174172421069

• Palavras-chave: Sustainability, Plastic, Environment, Recycling, Tile.

• Keywords: Sustainability, Plastic, Environment, Recycling, Tile.

• Abstract:

  Brazil is currently undergoing several developments in the area of technology and sustainability, as through Civil Engineering, it has been promoting sustainable means using existing raw materials such as plastic and the unrestrained consumption of oil and its derivatives. Plastic is a material found in abundance in our society as it has several uses. Furthermore, as garbage, it is also discarded improperly, thus causing an overload on the environment. Along with existing developments, new ways of reusing waste are studied and applied through the reuse of plastic in various construction sectors, thus helping to reduce the impact on the environment and the economy. Therefore, using plastic recycling, it is possible to transform waste that would otherwise be discarded incorrectly in nature into sustainable tiles, thus reducing the impacts that these plastics could cause on our ecosystem. This study will seek to produce a tile made from recycled HDPE plastic as a raw material, which achieves similar or superior results to the tiles we use in our daily lives, following current standards.