Utilization of Sludge in the Production of Bricks

Abstract

Increasingly stringent environmental pressures in India encourage alternative solutions towards waste management. An effort towards the use of waste material in structural elements like bricks without any combustion and autoclave pressure is not taken up very effectively and implemented in real time projects so far by the industry because not aware of recycling techniques, not of such possibilities and no specifications for use. Therefore, there is a need to develop a sustainable technology for replacement of natural resource by waste products in the manufacture of bricks. Hence, in this project, the sugarcane sludge from Walajabad sugar cane mill is used for the manufacture of sludge brick and its compressive strength, water absorption and presence of efflorescence is compared. This project will be very useful in eco-friendly environment.