Making Floor Tiles From Plastic Waste

Up until now nothing the tiles are 100 percent high density polyethylene hdpe plastic.

Making floor tiles from plastic waste.

Plastic waste is becoming a scourge of the earth. In this video we will weld our own mould and use the injection machine to make tiles. Now that you have the machine and raw materials the process of making tiles will be pretty straight forward. Worksheet number 3 this kind of plastic is called low density polyethylene ldpe.

Transfer the mixture to an oiled mould. Swachha re tile recycled floor tiles are made of recycled polypropylene pp materials and utilise a unique interlocking edge design to eliminate the need for adhesives making installation quick and inexpensive. How to transform plastic waste into paving tiles 1 how to transform plastic waste into paving tiles you can convert waste plastic into useful and valuable building materials. This is part of the wasteaid toolkit.

Make up around 60 of all plastic waste in the gambia. New eco friendly p. Remove the mould and. Lack of recycling has led to massive islands being created in the ocean made of plastic.

We wash and shred the recycled plastic and put the regrinds into molds to make shapes. Make floor tiles from plastic bags and film you can recycle plastic bags into waterproof floor tiles using simple tools. Melt ldpe plastic film in a barrel over a wood fire. When the plastic has melted mix in sand.

They re light but extremely dense and nearly unbreakable. The extruder will do its job and you will collect a molten mixture of sand and plastic on the other end.