PLASTIC PET BOTTLES AS A BRICK

PLASTIC PET BOTTLES AS A BRICK

J.Thomas Britto

Dept of civil engineering

Thomasbritto3@gmail.com

 P.R.engineering college, Thanjavur

ABSTRACT

How to construct houses with plastic bottles!!

Waste bottles for construction? Yes, it is difficult to think of a bottle as a brick. But a mud-filled bottle is as strong as a brick and whatever you can do with a brick; you can do with a bottle too…Plus it has got lots of advantages too… Building with bottles: this is an effective solution for reusing the plastic. The man behind this innovative idea is a German named Andreas Froese, who is also the founder of “ECO – TEC”. Bottles have the following advantages over bricks and other construction .

When you make a clay brick, the time and energy used right from mixing the clay  to baking  it    in  the  kiln  and  taking  into account  the  firewood used  for  that, you will  see  that the bottle  brick     is   far more energy-efficient. The  technology also reduces  the  carbon  emission  that  happens during the baking of an ordinary brick.

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