Melbourne: A new way has been found to get rid of the billions of Corona masks, isolation gowns, and rubber gloves that were used to protect against COVID-19 and were being thrown away every month.
When added to concrete, these materials can make it 20% stronger than regular mixes.
According to a report from Melbourne’s RMIT University, this new method involves finely chopping these protective items (called PPE) and mixing them with cement in different amounts, from 0.1 percent to 0.25 percent.
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The study found that rubber gloves made concrete 22 percent stronger; isolation gowns made concrete 21 percent stronger against bending stress, 15 percent stronger against compressive stress, and 12 percent more flexible. made, while the face mask raised the compressive stress tolerance to 17.
The new way to use these things will help get rid of the 54,000 tonnes of PPE that are thrown away every day around the world.
The group of researchers said that about 129 billion masks are thrown away every day around the world, which makes environmentalists worried because they end up in landfills.