The extruder will do its job and you will collect a molten mixture of sand and plastic on the other end.
Making floor tiles from plastic waste.
Up until now nothing the tiles are 100 percent high density polyethylene hdpe plastic.
Lack of recycling has led to massive islands being created in the ocean made of plastic.
Our tiles remain steady despite heavy traffic and footfall.
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.
Make floor tiles from plastic bags and film you can recycle plastic bags into waterproof floor tiles using simple tools.
Make up around 60 of all plastic waste in the gambia.
You simply shred the plastic then mix with the sand and pour inside the extruder.
Melt ldpe plastic film in a barrel over a wood fire.
This is part of the wasteaid toolkit.
Worksheet number 3 this kind of plastic is called low density polyethylene ldpe.
These tiles are non porous flexible and durable.
When the plastic has melted mix in sand.
Now that you have the machine and raw materials the process of making tiles will be pretty straight forward.
Plastic waste is becoming a scourge of the earth.
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In this video we will weld our own mould and use the injection machine to make tiles.
We wash and shred the recycled plastic and put the regrinds into molds to make shapes.
Remove the mould and.