Journal of Material Sciences & Engineering

Department of Design and Merchandising, West Virginia University (WVU), USA

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  Sustainable Bricks from Thermoplastic Waste and Cost Comparison with Traditional Bricks
  Author(s): Hadisur Rahman* and Mst Ummul Farah
  
  With rapid globalization, consumerism, industrialization and greenhouse gas emission, the world's temperature is skyrocketing day by day which leads to climate change. Chemical, construction and textile industries are the biggest sources of environmental pollution, and thus sustainability issues are rising. The present world is going through several problems like overpopulation, poverty, greenhouse gas emission, and environmental pollution. Wastages like household wastages, municipal wastages, different synthetic polymers, thermoplastic wastes etc. have become a global problem. Every year, 300 million tons of plastic are being produced worldwide. Land fields, oceans, and the air are being polluted by plastic during and after the manufacturing processes. So, cultivation, human health, wild and marine lives are under threat. At present, harmful plastic can be converted into our reso.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/jme.2022.11.08

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