CEVE   05368
CENTRO EXPERIMENTAL DE LA VIVIENDA ECONOMICA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
New Building Materials Made With Recycled Polyethylene
Autor/es:
GAGGINO ROSANA; ARGUELLO RICARDO; IRICO PATRICIA
Revista:
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Lugar: Oxford; Año: 2008
ISSN:
0950-0618
Resumen:
The search for “new materials” to manufacture building elements for economical housing is the aim of this paper.  Low-density polyethylene (LDPE), recycled out of discarded soft drink packs, was used.  These conveniently grounded packs were taken as “arids” to be mixed with Normal Portland cement.  Recycling means lowering costs, making part of the environment contaminating waste useful and providing the unemployed and/or unqualified work force with jobs through uncomplicated technologies.  Therefore, it has an economical as well as ecological, socially concerned proposal.