Material Development to Recycle and Reuse Industrial and Consumer Plastic Wastes for Construction Industry

Sensus Design and Build Inc.是一家综合性设计和建筑公司，为安大略南部的客户提供建筑设计、室内设计和施工管理服务。木材行业目前的标准是传统木材或非结构性木塑复合木材，主要用于户外家具或户外装饰。因此，目前还没有可持续的替代品，将纤维木材的自然特性与回收热塑性塑料的机械强度相结合-这种产品可以用于以可持续的方式增强房屋的结构设计和完整性。*Sensus打算与兰顿学院的工业材料开发中心合作，使用回收的工业/消费塑料制造热塑性木材，从而使家庭的核心基础设施完全由回收材料制成。塑料可用作纤维增强材料，以复制木材中天然存在的纤维。使用这种可持续的替代品将消除与木材相关的典型缺点，如水分和霉菌损害，降解率和负面环境影响。在Sensus，他们相信生产传统木材的替代品不仅能为客户提供上级设计选项，还能满足木材标准，彻底改变建筑和木材行业，因为加拿大将继续朝着注重环保的未来迈进。******

Sensus Design and Build Inc. is an integrated design and build firm that provides architectural design, interior design, and construction management services to clients across Southern Ontario. The current standard in the lumber industry is either conventional wood lumber or non-structural wood-plastic composite lumber that is used primarily for outdoor furniture or outdoor decking. As such, there is currently no sustainable alternative that combines the natural characteristics of fibrous wood lumber with the mechanical strengths of recycled thermoplastics - a product that could be used to enhance the structural design and integrity of homes in a sustainable way. ****Sensus intends to collaborate with Lambton College's Centre for Industrial Material Development to use recycled industrial/consumer plastics to manufacture Thermoplastic Lumber that will allow a home's core infrastructure to be created entirely out of recycled material. Plastics can be used as fiber reinforcements to replicate the naturally occurring fibers found within wood lumber. Using such a sustainable alternative will negate the typical drawbacks associated with wood lumber such as moisture and mold damage, degradation rates and negative environmental impacts.****At Sensus, they believe producing an alternative to conventional wood lumber will not only provide superior design options to clients, it will satisfy the standard for wood lumber and revolutionize the construction and lumber industry, as Canada continue to move towards an environmentally conscious future. ******