Studies on Eco-Friendly Soil and Sawdust Filled Plastic Bottles to Promote Sustainable Development for Partition Walls

Alarming volume of plastic in urban waste is an indication of peak pollution that will lead to global warming to different elevations. Also the rapidly increasing rate of building materials is necessary to be controlled. Also the materials used for construction are big contributors for the environmental degradation that ultimately hinders sustainable development. Here in this study we have found an alternative of brick wall which is a soil filled plastic bottle block bonded together with cement sand mortar of two different proportions. The arrangement of plastic bottles is tested both for parallel to the axis of loading and perpendicular to the load axis. The concept of plastic bottle block can also be used for the load bearing walls, since the blocks are capable enough to withstand significant loads after 28 days of curing. The compression test results showed that the blocks with plastic bottle arrangement perpendicular to the load axis has more strength than that of parallel arrangement. The arrangement of plastic bottles is tied together with nylon rope to prevent slipping of bottles over one another while casting. The soil filled plastic bottles of similar size are tied together in different types of arrangements and casted in mortar cubes of 1:4 and 1:6 cement sand mix mortar. After proper curing, the casted specimens are tested for compression under universal testing machine on 7th, 14th and 28th day after casting and curing. There were two types of arrangements of bottles made, first in which the bottles are kept parallel to the load application and second, in which the plastic bottle is kept perpendicular to the axis of loading. Different results were observed and comparison is plotted on various days for specifies loadings and mortar mixes. As Per the results obtained, it has been proved that the plastic bottle bricks are a sustainable material for construction in the modern world. The suggested blocks are low cost and an innovative construction material.