MATERIAL COLLECTION

Material Collection/ data collection is the basic and important step in any project. The material that is used in a project should not cause any damage to the environment.

          Following materials which were used in this project, were collected before starting the work. The materials used in these projects were collected bulky for the whole project, and then only the project could give the same result.

Paper

          Paper is the main resource for doing this project. Even though there is a lot of sources available to get waste paper, the paper that was wasted in our college premises were collected. Our college libraries are the main sources of producing waste papers. Our college and hostel libraries are  getting more than 10 daily newspapers like The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, The Indian express etc., These papers are wasted after some months from their supply date. So these newspapers were targeted in our project. And the main thing of using newspaper is, that is the best for producing Papercrete. So The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, Dhinamalar newspaper etc., were collected bulky from the libraries and were used in this project.

Fly Ash

          This is the easily available material from the power plants. In Ennore power plant, which is nearer to our college, they are dumping huge amount of fly ash as a waste. So, the fly ash was collected from Ennore power plant. The collected fly ash was dry fly ash (or) chimney ash. And this ash was taken to the college in a completely closed airtight bags.

Rice Husk Ash

          Rice Husk Ash is the locally available waste anywhere in Tamilnadu. All the rice mills in Avadi are dumping the rice husk ash in a low-lying area as a waste. For this project RHA was collected from a rice mill that is situated in avadi. And it was carried in a completely closed air tight bags.

Cement

          Cement is one of the binding material in this project. Cement is the important building material in today’s construction world. It is available in all hardware shops. In this project ordinary Portland cement of 43 grade was used.