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Plastic pollution is a major problem as plastics do not decompose easily and harm animals. Recycling waste as building materials can help address pollution while lowering construction costs. Bricks are widely used in construction and the brick industry can absorb solid waste due to large material needs. This study aims to compare recycled plastic bricks to concrete in terms of durability, thermal insulation, energy efficiency, and fire resistance. It hypothesizes that plastic bricks will differ from concrete on these measures and that using plastic bricks can help reduce plastic waste disrupting ecosystems.

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Introduction

Plastic pollution is a major problem as plastics do not decompose easily and harm animals. Recycling waste as building materials can help address pollution while lowering construction costs. Bricks are widely used in construction and the brick industry can absorb solid waste due to large material needs. This study aims to compare recycled plastic bricks to concrete in terms of durability, thermal insulation, energy efficiency, and fire resistance. It hypothesizes that plastic bricks will differ from concrete on these measures and that using plastic bricks can help reduce plastic waste disrupting ecosystems.

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A.

Introduction

Plastic is one of the problems in the environment that takes many years for
them to decompose. Many animals are in danger because plastics are scattered
everywhere and factories that burn plastics also affect our climate change. All
of us are well aware of the dire state of plastic pollution happening in our
oceans and how plastics are now the number one enemy of everyone.
The increase in the popularity of using environmentally friendly, low cost and
lightweight construction materials in the building industry has brought about
the need to investigate how this can be achieved by benefiting the environment
as well as maintaining the material requirements affirmed in the standard.
Recycling of waste generated from industrial and agricultural activities as
building materials appears to be a viable solution not only to such pollution
problems but also to the problem of economic design of buildings (Perez JA et
al, 1996). Brick belongs to the wide family of construction materials since it is
mainly used for the construction of outer and inner walls in buildings. The
brick industry is the most indicated technological activity sector to absorb solid
waste due to the large quantity of raw material used by the sector as well as by
the large volume of final products in construction (Andreola et. al, 2005).
Brick is one of the most demanding masonry units. It has the widest range of
products, with its unlimited assortment of patterns, textures and colors. In
1996, the industry produced 300 million bricks in Victoria, which were about
55% of the potential production of the facilities available. The export markets
included Japan, New Zealand, the Middle East and other Asian countries. This
is equivalent to an annual turnover of 130 million dollars (EPAV, 1998). Brick
is durable and has developed with time. It remains highly competitive,
technically and economically, with other systems of structure and field.
(Mohajerani & Kadir, 2011).
The environmental concern of plastic waste (PW) generation has escalated to
an alarming level due to the versatility and high demand in various
applications. In order to search for an effective way to utilize PW, reusing them
for the production of construction material appears as an environmentally-
friendly approach. This is also because conventional construction materials
often consume high energy during production and have caused many
environmental impacts. This review paper summarizes the previous studies on
reusing various PW as raw material and aggregate for construction and its
properties with special attention to bricks and paving blocks. This paper begins
by illustrating the properties of plastics and the impacts of PW to the
environment. Followed by discussion on reusing PW and its impacts on the
overall properties of construction material. This review found that limited
studies had been conducted on the usage of PW in the production of the paving
block. Besides, most of the studies focused predominantly on compressive
strength and water absorption as the main parameters to evaluate the
characteristics of bricks and paving blocks. It is concluded that the use of PW
in construction material could possibly serve as a sustainable source for
construction material in the future.

B. State of the Problem


This study aims to figure out the useful effects of recycled material bricks.
Specifically, it aims to answer the following research questions:
1.The differences between plastic bricks and concrete in terms of:
Durability
Thermal Insulation
Energy Efficiency
Fire-resistant
2.Can this project help to prevent plastic waste from disrupting the ecosystem?
C. Hypothesis
a) Ho-There is no difference between plastic bricks and concrete in terms of
durability.
Ha-There is a difference between plastic bricks and concrete in terms of
durability.
b) Ho-There is no difference between plastic bricks and concrete in terms of
thermal insulation.
Ha-There is a difference between plastic bricks and concrete in terms of 
thermal insulation.
c)Ho-There is no difference between plastic bricks and concrete in terms of
energy efficiency.
Ha-There is a difference between plastic bricks and concrete in terms of energy
efficiency.
d) Ho-There is no difference between plastic bricks and concrete in terms of
fire-resistant.
Ha-There is a difference between plastic bricks and concrete in terms of fire-
resistant.
e)Ho-This project can’t help to prevent plastic waste from disrupting the
ecosystem.
Ha-This project can help to prevent plastic waste from disrupting the
ecosystem.

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