ESTUDO SOBRE A VIABILIDADE DA ADIÇÃO DE EMBALAGENS DE POLITEREFTALATO DE ETILENO (PET) PICADAS AO CONCRETO NÃO ESTRUTURAL E SEUS IMPACTOS ECOLÓGICOS E FINANCEIROS

Abstract

This work aims to study the technical, economic and environmental feasibility of adding polyethylene terephthalate bottles, better known as PET, minced to conventional concrete for non-structural works and with predominantly compression efforts, as an alternative to reduce construction costs. , recycling of this material and verification of variation in the mechanical properties of concrete. It is intended to add PET fragments in varying proportions to the conventional concrete trace and through the rupture of specimens, to create a comparison between the results presented by the traditional trace concrete samples and the samples including the PET aggregate. This is expected to allow a direct parallel between the different specimens performed, comparing: the compressive strength obtained in the tests according to NBR`s 5738 and 5739/2007, the form of execution of each one and the environmental and economic impacts of each method. This will allow the determination of the compressive strength variability of concrete plus minced PET, as well as an analysis of the feasibility of inserting this material, which is now treated as waste, in the construction market as an alternative to add value to buildings, reduce costs and reuse waste in a sustainable way.