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@article{175609,
        author = {JALESHWER CHATURVEDI and ARYAN DIXIT and ADWIT SHARMA and AYUSH CHOUHAN and ABHISHEK RAGHUWANSHI and AMAN SEN and MUZZAMIL QADIR and PROF. ABHINAV SAXENA},
        title = {CEMENT SAND BRICK USING PLASTIC AND FACEMASK WASTE},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {11},
        pages = {3843-3846},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=175609},
        abstract = {Plastic waste is a non-biodegradable waste which cannot decompose and this creates water Land pollution and air Pollution. Also, while we burn the plastic waste in Dumping Ground, the percentage of plastic waste is increasing rapidly. It is estimated that the plastic waste will double after a decade as we use hundreds grades of plastic in our daily life. Due to plastic does not composed biologically, amount of plastic waste in our surrounding is steadily increasing As a civil engineer we have to innovate something new related to this, which is a boon for civil Engineering. So, here we try to do something innovative as “CEMENT SAND BRICK USING PLASTIC AND FACEMASK. The proposed sand bricks which is made up by adding plastic bottle waste in crush form in sand brick may to reuse the plastic waste as one of the additive material of bricks, and to help to the disposal the problem of plastic waste Basically in bricks we Used earth based clay. Due to excessive use of the clay, it shows the result of resources depletion and environmental degradation. In plastic waste we consider Drinking Water Bottles (polyethylene terephthalate), Carry Bags, Bottles Caps, house hold Articles (High Density Polyethylene), Milk Pouches, Sacks, Carry Bags, Bin Linings. Cosmetics and Detergent Bottles (Low Density Polyethylene), Bottle Caps and Closures. Wrappers of Detergents, Biscuit (Poly Propylene), Electricals Fittings, Handles and Knobs (Ures Formaldehyde), Casting, Bonding fibers (Polyester resin) etc. In this, we get to crush the plastic waste into fine particles. We use stone dust as fine aggregates (size below than 4.75mm). Now, we mix crushed plastic waste, sand and cement pour into mould and form bricks. We observed that the Characteristics of bricks and tiles is far much better than normal bricks and tiles as minimum water absorption, highly Compressive strength, smooth surface, unbreakable, less weight etc. The water absorption and efflorescence however showed excellent performance, In the face of COVID-19 outbreak, we are living through truly unprecedented times. One of the areas where guidance continuous to evolve includes face coverings and masks In particular face masks has become widespread and a common tool used in preventing the spread of pandemic These masks eventually land up in oceans and land-fills. These masks will take as long as 450 years to break down and negatively impact marine wildlife and Ecosystem. More than 1.5 billion disposable face masks will wind up in the world's oceans this year polluting the water with tons of plastic and endangering marine wildlife, according to a Hong Kong-based environmental group. With each mask weighing three to four grams, the situation could lead to 6,800 plus tons of plastic pollution that will take as long as 450 years to break down. In addition to the harmful effects of micro-plastic and nano-plastic particles, elastic ear loops pose a possible entanglement risk for wildlife},
        keywords = {Plastic Waste Face Mask Sand, Plastic Bricks, Water absorption, Efflorescence},
        month = {April},
        }