Reprocessing Agricultural Waste in Bio-bricks: A Review
摘要
The construction industry in India, consuming a large quantity of natural materials as well as artificial materials such as limestone, stone aggregates, natural sand, cement, concrete and contributes to unsustainability, environment degradation and global warming. Along with there are various waste materials also causing environment degradation such as agricultural waste that causes lots of pollution due to the burning of crops once they are harvested. Researchers are engaged these days in exploring the alternate materials for construction industry. However, scarcity of conventional raw materials also forced to use non-conventional material in building construction such as recycled waste materials. The possible utilization of various types of agriculture waste such as coconut shells, citrus fruit peels, wheat straw, sunflower seeds, cereal straw etc. in manufacturing bio bricks is an alternative solution to this problem. This invention provides several advantages such as carbon-negative, thermal insulation, sustainability, cost-effective, improvement in life and performance of structure. This review provides an insight on effective use of agricultural residues and sustainable solution to the construction industry.