Sustainable Management of Pet Plastic Waste in the Design of Buildings

Daboro, Aaron

Abstract

Polyethylene (PET) plastic mostly used for beverage and water packaging, has over the years replaced glass bottles. The high quantity produced as waste due to single usage pollutes the environment, affecting both terrestrial and aquatic animals and threatening bio-diversity. This has become a global challenge, hence the need to sustainably manage it.

Inadequate understanding of the wide range of uses and other characteristic advantages of PET plastic waste bottles in the design of buildings has affected its extensive use. Even though, researchers considered the construction industry as a potential tool for managing the menace of plastic waste pollution.

Emphasis have been placed on recycling as means of managing PW but literature has shown that plastic is a sustainable waste with over 400 years shelf life and PET plastic waste is categorised among 7 types with the lowest recyclability. Up-cycling however, has more innovative approaches to the management of plastic pollution in the construction industry to produce alternative building materials (ABMs).

• Online Publication Date: Jul 2, 2023
• Publication Date: Jul 2, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jan 23, 2025
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.17866/rd.salford.23609496.v1
• Publisher URL: https://salford.figshare.com/articles/poster/Sustainable_Management_of_Pet_Plastic_Waste_in_the_Design_of_Buildings/23609496
• Collection Date: Jul 2, 2023