RMIT researchers found a way to turn cigarette butts into bricks; adding 1% waste could cut brick-firing energy use by 10%
- PC: AI GeneratedCigarette butts are one of the world’s most common forms of litter, but the researchers have found a way to reuse this waste by incorporating it into bricks.
- Their research explores how discarded cigarette filters could be collected, processed, and added to lightweight fired-clay bricks on an industrial scale.
- Earlier RMIT research found that bricks containing 1% recycled cigarette butts could match the strength of conventional bricks while using less energy during production.
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- PC: AI GeneratedCigarette butts are one of the world’s most common forms of litter, but the researchers have found a way to reuse this waste by incorporating it into bricks.
- Their research explores how discarded cigarette filters could be collected, processed, and added to lightweight fired-clay bricks on an industrial scale.
- Earlier RMIT research found that bricks containing 1% recycled cigarette butts could match the strength of conventional bricks while using less energy during production.
Sources: Times of India