The concrete waste after a building is demolished mostly ends up in landfills, in unauthorized places or simply dumped on the roadside. If the attempts of a team of engineering students from Erode succeeds, then this concrete waste could well turn out to be building block to a new structure.
The team from Kongu Engineering College, Erode recently won an award in the Carbon Zero Challenge competition organised by IIT Madras for developing blocks from concrete debris.
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Professor of civil engineering, G S Rampradheep, said the debris can be recycled into construction material like hollow or paver blocks. “We have tested the blocks for compressive strength and found that they are stronger and more durable than conventional bricks and concrete blocks.”