EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT TURNS WASTE PLASTIC INTO BRICKS
March 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) research network Eureka has helped create bricks with domestic waste polymers usually considered too varied or dirty to be recycled. It has worked with the Latvian Technological Centre; the Institute of Polymer Mechanics, the University of Latvia; and Spanish company Hormigones Uniland to mix waste polymers with other materials to make construction products. The Latvian researchers have developed a technique to turn thermoplastic polymer waste into a binding substance which could be mixed with other materials such as sand to ...
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