Durability Analysis of Combining Waste Paper and Recycle Plastic in Hollow Block

Abstract

The number of waste has been continuously increasing especially that the government or the people did not give any emphasis as to how these wastes can be recycled. The researcher came up with the idea to participate actively in this matter by a comparative research on variations of materials being partially replaced in a hollow block such as; a) recycled plastics b) waste papers to reduce the number of waste and also to lessen the aggregates withdrawal. This exploratory study is attempted to infer the durability of the hollow blocks added with a waste aggregate based on its compressive strength. The results interpreted are sufficient as a non-load bearing hollow block. The results showed that as the percentage of waste added increases, its compressive strength decreases. As for the relationship of the number of curing days to the hollow blocks’ compressive strength, it shows that as the number of the curing days’ increases, the compressive strength decreases. The hollow blocks containing paper and plastic waste could benefit the environment, community, science and the field of innovation, if it qualifies the given specific objectives of the research.