Plastic wastes are non-perishable waste. So, plastic waste cannot be easily recycled. This plastic waste pollutes the environment. Due to plastic waste’s non-corrosive properties, many countries and institutions in the world today are getting rid of plastic as much as possible. However, Sri Lanka does not use many options in this perspective. Therefore, our team proposes the idea of recycling plastics in an environmentally friendly and economically efficient manner.

This method of recycling plastic waste is mainly used in African countries and India. The project is about how to recycle plastic waste by making plastic paving bricks. Plastic bricks are made of plastic that is five to seven times stronger than concrete.  Through the project; the ways that can be easier to make bricks were experimented with and tried to promote them. Plastic waste like plastic bottles,  containers, bags, and sand were used as main ingredients in plastic brick mixture alongside waste Styrofoam, used cooking oil. After testing out the product in different conditions like making interlocking bricks using different materials(plastics), different amounts, and temperatures and found ways to make bricks. And also after searching all over and after discussing we came up with a design that can make the plastic melting process lot easier and can use in large-scale production. Furthermore, the plastic melter’s design help in our aim of promoting this project, to create a business opportunity out of this process which will benefit us economically while recycling the plastic waste.