PENGOLAHAN SAMPAH PELASTIK MENJADI PAVING BLOK DENGAN PEMBUATAN MESIN PRODUKSI

Abstract

Trash has not been handled properly. During this waste is dumped into the Final Disposal (TPA), so that the waste will contaminate the soil, water and air, and the environment. One of them is an organic trash such as plastic bags crackle, which can decompose up to 450 years. So it is necessary efforts to process waste into useful items, such as souvenirs and paving block. The expected goals (a) producing equipment appropriate technology to manage plastic waste into paving block, (b) increase the income of the family economy. The method is applied starting with the sorting of waste, heating plastic, conventional presses and laboratory testing and marketing techniques. Results obtained in the form of block-shaped beam paving material, size (5x10x20) cm and a weight of 0.27 kg block paving unit, requiring as much as 0.3 kg plastic bags. Based on the analysis of the production cost estimated sales for one (1) is Rp 2.000 press the test results reach 230 kg / cm2, and expected to be able to replace the block that made the dari pavin g mixture of sand and cement.