Plastic waste is becoming a scourge of the earth.
Making floor tiles from plastic waste.
Lack of recycling has led to massive islands being created in the ocean made of plastic.
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When the plastic has melted mix in sand.
These tiles are non porous flexible and durable.
You simply shred the plastic then mix with the sand and pour inside the extruder.
Now that you have the machine and raw materials the process of making tiles will be pretty straight forward.
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.
We wash and shred the recycled plastic and put the regrinds into molds to make shapes.
Transfer the mixture to an oiled mould.
Melt ldpe plastic film in a barrel over a wood fire.
The extruder will do its job and you will collect a molten mixture of sand and plastic on the other end.
Our tiles remain steady despite heavy traffic and footfall.
In this video we will weld our own mould and use the injection machine to make tiles.
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.
They re light but extremely dense and nearly unbreakable.
Up until now nothing the tiles are 100 percent high density polyethylene hdpe plastic.