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  • UGM Students Turn Plastic Waste into Concrete Composite

UGM Students Turn Plastic Waste into Concrete Composite

  • 29 October 2019, 13:37 WIB
  • By: Marwati
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Mahasiswa UGM Sulap Sampah Plastik Menjadi Komposit Beton
Mahasiswa UGM Sulap Sampah Plastik Menjadi Komposit Beton
Mahasiswa UGM Sulap Sampah Plastik Menjadi Komposit Beton
Mahasiswa UGM Sulap Sampah Plastik Menjadi Komposit Beton
Mahasiswa UGM Sulap Sampah Plastik Menjadi Komposit Beton
Mahasiswa UGM Sulap Sampah Plastik Menjadi Komposit Beton

Five students of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) made an innovation in the form of concrete composite from plastic waste.

“Concrete composite is made from melted plastic that is mixed with sand,” said Putra Makmur Boangmanalu to reporters in a press conference on Tuesday (29/10) in Public Relations and Protocol Office UGM.

Putra developed the product together with fellow students Stephanus Satria Wira Waskitha, Vidiskiu Fortino Kurniawan, Nicolaus Elka Yudhatama, and Reza Yustika Bayuardi, who were concerned with the huge amount of plastic waste.

“Concerned with the plastic waste problems, we thought to make concrete composite as an effort to reduce the waste that could be applied by society,” said the Chemistry student.

Putra explained to get the concrete composite, they used polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles. The plastic was shredded with plastic shredder, then was heated at 410-580° Celcius for 30 minutes. The melted plastic was then mixed with fine sand and later was formed in a mould measuring 5cm x 5cm x 5cm. The material was dried for seven days.

“The melted plastic is used to replace cement,” he said.

Elka added the concrete composite product had higher compressive strength than of those sold in the market, which is 15,52 MPa, compared to the market’s which is M15 after being dried for 28 days. “This means that the plastic concrete composite is stronger than the average concrete,” he said.

People can make this composite by themselves because it did not need complex heavy tools. The concrete composite can also be used as paving blocks.

“What remains a homework for us is how to produce the composite in a more competitive price,” said Vidiskiu.

He explained regular concrete brick costs Rp2,500 each while the plastic concrete composite ranges between Rp3,500-Rp4,000,” he said.

This product has been applied in Sepanjang village, Karanganyar city, Central Java, during a Student Community Service project. It also earned them a gold medal during the 2nd World Innovation Technology Expo (WINTEX) 2019 international competition, organised by Indonesian Invention and Innovation Promotion Association (INNOPA) from 9-12 October 2019 in Jakarta.


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