THE USE OF WASTE BABY DIAPERS IN THE PREPARATION OF CLAY BRICKS

Abstract

During the production of baby’s diapers, waste scrap results in form on defective product and it’s disposed with no use. The intent of this research is to study the possibility of recycling the diapers waste in the preparation of fired clay bricks and this addiction has environmental benefits of reusing the waste in a safe way and economic benefits due to its organic nature that allows for the use of the exothermic oxidation heat in the firing process of the brick. The diapers scrap was first shredded into small pieces then added to the bricks mixture by mixing percentage up to 5% by weight. second the effect of the waste addition was measured on the following characteristics: linear and volume drying shrinkage, green compressive strength. Also, the characteristics were measured for the bricks fired at 700C -900C, which are cold and boiling water absorption, saturation coefficient, porosity and fired compressive strength