Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 10(5), pp. 2128 - 2133
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100531
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Recycling of Waste Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) into Insulating Wall Panels for Building Industry

Sadia Farooq ¹, Mohammad Arif Kamal ^2,*, Amna Khalid Qureshi ³, Farhana Naz ⁴, Maha Tariq ^4
1 Department of Interior Design, University of Home Economics, Lahore, Pakistan
² Architecture Section, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India
³ School of Design and Textiles, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
⁴ Department of Interior Design, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

The administration and management of waste is one of the major issues confronting the advanced society and is not fairly constrained to plastics. The squandering or waste generated annually is by and large a claim in Pakistan. Reusing plastic is required to support the environment. The wall panels that are utilized in interiors are made up of Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) which is harmful and there are few chances to diminish the poisons from it. Moreover, they are not perfect insulators and are very expensive. The work aims to utilize plastic squander into wall panels made of reusing Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) which are aesthetically pleasing, economical, easy to maintain and of high quality. The method incorporates case studies and surveys to find out the finest manufacturing and fabricating process. The experiment phased in product specification along with drawings, rendering, prototyping and finally recycling plastic into the final product. The conductivity of the material is raised by using blisters with a silver coating which raised from 5% to 10% and a vacuum is also created between the panels. The compressive strength is tested which is 80.5 MPa. If the product is made on a large scale, it will help in reducing plastic waste.

KEYWORDS
Recycling, Plastic Waste, Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), Insulation, Wall Panel, Building

Cite This Paper in IEEE or APA Citation Styles
(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Sadia Farooq , Mohammad Arif Kamal , Amna Khalid Qureshi , Farhana Naz , Maha Tariq , "Recycling of Waste Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) into Insulating Wall Panels for Building Industry," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 2128 - 2133, 2022. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100531.

(b). APA Format:
Sadia Farooq , Mohammad Arif Kamal , Amna Khalid Qureshi , Farhana Naz , Maha Tariq (2022). Recycling of Waste Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) into Insulating Wall Panels for Building Industry. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 10(5), 2128 - 2133. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2022.100531.