Engineered Stone Produced with Glass Packaging Waste, Quartz Powder, and Epoxy Resin

Engineered stone (ENS) is a type of artificial composed wastes bonded together by polymeric matrix. ENS presents profitable alternative for solid waste management, since its production adds value to the reusing it as raw material and reduces environmental disposal. The present work’s main goal produce an based on quartz powder waste, glass packaging epoxy resin. were size-distributed fine sieving method. Then, closest-packed granulometric mixture, well minimum amount resin that would fill voids these mixtures, was calculated. plates prepared with 15%wt (ENS-15) 20%wt (ENS-20) vibration, compression (10 tons 20 min at 90 °C), vacuum 600 mmHg. sanded cut physical, chemical, mechanical tests. Scanning electron microscopy analysis fractured specimens performed. ENS-15 presented 2.26 g/cm3 density, 0.1% water absorption, 0.21% apparent porosity, 33.5 MPa bend strength resistant several chemical staining agents. results classified high-quality coating material, technically economically viable, properties similar commercial stones. Therefore, development meets concept sustainable development, this proposed novel could be marketed building simultaneously minimize are currently disposed in landfills.