A novel way to modify waste plastic for use as a traditional aggregate replacement in construction materials.

Plastech Innovation的使命是识别来自各种来源的塑料废物流，并应用我们的技术知识生产有用的创新材料，从毫无价值的东西中创造价值，同时在英国和全球范围内提供积极的社会和环境影响。这项建议利用我们的专利技术，将塑料垃圾转化为用于混凝土和其他建筑材料的部分沙子替代品。我们将通过将消费后、工业后和制造前的废塑料从垃圾填埋场和焚烧中转移出来，为循环和可持续经济做出贡献。预计塑料产量将在未来10年翻一番，这意味着迫切需要一种将废旧塑料重新利用的解决方案。全球每年有500亿吨沙子用于建筑；此外，由于沙子的颗粒形状，并不是所有的沙子都可以用于建筑。建筑级沙子通常从河流和海床上挖出，对生态系统造成重大破坏，破坏海洋生物和淡水生物的栖息地。使用从废塑料中提取的集合体将减少对这类沙子的需求，减少对环境的破坏，并为全球建筑级沙子短缺提供解决方案。对于希望为不受欢迎的混合和低等级塑料垃圾提供新的处理途径的废物管理公司、地方当局和塑料制造行业，_Plastech Innovation提供了一种比目前的处理方法更具成本效益和更环保的替代方法。对于想要降低运输成本和环境影响的建筑公司来说，__我们的创新塑料骨料是一种产品_通过用一种轻质环保的替代品取代重天然骨料来减少它们的使用。__塑料行业只生产混凝土行业产量的3%。只需用1.3%的建筑用沙替代塑料集料，就可以消除全球塑料污染。瞄准和颠覆如此巨大的市场，意味着我们的综合能力可以帮助为一些最具威胁的全球挑战提供解决方案。

"Plastech Innovation's mission is to identify plastic waste streams from various sources and apply our technical knowledge to produce useful innovative materials, creating value from the valueless whilst providing positive social and environmental impacts in the UK and globally. This proposal exploits our patentable technology to transform plastic waste into a partial sand substitute for use in concrete and other construction materials. We will contribute to a circular and sustainable economy by diverting post-consumer, post-industrial and pre-manufacture waste plastic away from landfills and incineration. Plastic production is predicted to double in the next 10 years, meaning a solution that repurposes waste plastic is needed urgently. Globally, 50 billion tonnes of sand are used annually in construction; moreover, not all sand can be used for construction due to the particle shape. Construction-grade sand is usually dredged from rivers and sea-beds, leading to significantly damaging impacts on ecosystems, destroying habitats for marine and freshwater life. The use of aggregate derived from waste plastic will reduce demand for such sand, reduce damage to the environment and offer a solution to global shortages in construction-grade sand._'For waste management companies, local authorities and_ _plastic manufacturing_ _industries_ _who want new disposal routes for undesirable mixed and low-grade plastic waste,_ _Plastech Innovation provides an alternative_ _that is more cost-effective and eco-friendly than current disposal methods.'__'For construction companies_ _who want to reduce transportation costs and their environmental impact,_ _our innovative plastic aggregate is a product_ _that reduces the use of heavy natural aggregates by replacing them with a lightweight eco-friendly alternative.'_The plastics industry produces only 3% of the mass produced by the concrete industry. The substitution of just 1.3% of construction-grade sand with plastic aggregate would eliminate global plastic pollution. Targeting and disrupting such vast markets, means our aggregate could help provide solutions to some of the most threatening global challenges."