Journal of Material Sciences & Engineering

Temitope AK

Publications

• Research Article
  A Pilot Recycling of Plastic Pure Water Sachets/Bottles into Composite Floor Tiles: A Case Study from Selected Dumping Site in Ogbomoso
  Author(s): Temitope AK, Abayomi OO, Ruth AO and Adeola APTemitope AK, Abayomi OO, Ruth AO and Adeola AP
  
  The adverse effect associated with the surge in uses of non-biodegradable plastic products include the blockage of drains, suffocating some animal life, who accidentally take them as food, grounds impermeable to water and several other hazards. The need then arises to finding a safe means converting these plastic waste products into other useful and harmless items. The method adopted involves the collection of the plastic materials from trenches, drainages, streets, dump sites and from eateries around Ogbomoso metropolis. These were sorted and washed before the Shredding Process was carried. Melting of the Shredded Plastics and poured into a dimensioned wooden mould and Cured for some days. It could be shown from the crushing test that the conventional tiles fail under slight heavier loads of 34 kN as comparable to the 29 kN failure load of the composite tiles. However the water absor.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2169-0022.1000201

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