Project Name : Wonder Polymers –from trash to ties and rags to bridges
Theme Name : Environmental Issue and Concerns
The project is about giving plastic recycling a new dimension. It involves disposal of toxic and pollutants by combining them to make composites out of plastics which can be of multi utility and would be having varying usage and applications. Previous attempts were made to make railroad ties out of plastic composites. We are introducing the concept of using absolutely new billers i.e. fly Ashand ceramic dust along with clay and ground-nut skin of different compositions. By doing so,the new composite railroad ties obtained shall not only be stronger,
better and last longer, but would also lead to conservation of wood. The again wooden bridges are vulnerable to natural calamities, termite infestations, rotting, acid rain damage etc. So replacing them with plastic composites, little or no maintenance and longer liberties
lastly using the composites to make bricks and houses would give much more structural strength to the building then a normal clay or fly ask brick can give. This way we are disposing of toxic land pollutants i.e. plastics, fly ask and ceramic dust as well as using them to make absolutely commercially viable products of multi-utility. The plastic composites made out of trash are incredibly cheap to manufacture and when a comparative cost study is made between then and their conventional counter parts, they seem to be immensely inexpensive. The trash materials used in the concept have no market value and are
considered of tero-commercial viability. By combining them and making plastic composites out of the same, increases their commercial viability and imparts some value to them. Thus the project is a multi dimensional breakthrough which not only tackles the issues of environmental pollution across land primarily plastics along with increasing the market value of useless junk materials. This project leads to conservation of a particular natural resource (wood) and the composites made in the due process are way better than their conventional effective counterparts. This idea will not only revolutionize the way people thought about plastic but it will also make the disposal of the same easily. Making productive use of toxic,valueless trash serves multiple purposes of economic as well as ecological viability which could immensely benefit making. On a broader perspective, the project opens up new horizons for more tedious and productive research work on the same field which in future
shall lead to better results.
Name of the School: D.A.V. Public School, Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
