WRAP explores applications for recycled plasterboard.* The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is funding two end markets for recycled plasterboard. CERAM Ceram, island, Indonesia: see Seram. Ceram or Seram Island of the central Moluccas, Indonesia. It has an area of 6,621 sq mi (17,148 sq km). The terrain is mountainous and covered with tropical forests; seismic activity is common. Research and Coventry University The expanding main campus is situated on the east side of Coventry city centre, which boasts one of the most innovative (and unusual-looking) university libraries in the UK. The university is particularly noted for its world-renowned automotive design and engineering degree courses as have received funding to research and develop new potential end markets in the hope of diverting used plasterboard away from landfill sites. In the first project, CERAM Research will be carrying out R&D to establish the potential use of recycled plasterboard in ceramic and metal casting Metal casting A metal-forming process whereby molten metal is poured into a cavity or mold and, when cooled, solidifies and takes on the characteristic shape of the mold. moulds. In the second project, Coventry University will be developing cost effective, novel cementitious ce·men·ti·tious adj. Of or relating to a chemical precipitate, especially of carbonates, having the characteristics of cement. [From Latin caement mixes using recycled gypsum gypsum (jĭp`səm), mineral composed of calcium sulfate (calcium, sulfur, and oxygen) with two molecules of water, CaSO4·2H2O. It is the most common sulfate mineral, occurring in many places in a variety of forms. from scrap plasterboard and a range of mineral wastes. This project is building on existing work that Coventry University has carried out to develop composite landfill liners made from industrial by-products. One outcome of the original work has been a range of low-cost, lowpermeability cementitious materials for use as waste containment structures and barriers. More information on the projects is available at www.wrap.org.uk. |
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