Electronic waste as coating for construction industry

Vanessa Koeler Gozzer

Giusilene Costa de Souza Pinho

Guilherme Pires Dalmaschio

ABSTRACT: Electronic waste is a growing problem, as the production increases, also the waste grows. The e-waste is composed of hazardous materials and metals, as copper, iron, gold, aluminum, lead and others. A component that is massively present on electronic waste is the Printed Circuit Board (PCB), which is fundamental for any electronic device. Despite the danger that electronic waste brings with it, there is a large possibility of recycling, which could solve the problem of discard and creates a new raw material for another industry. Civil construction is an area that can incorporate several materials of another branch of industry, because of its multidisciplinarity. Knowing that PCB are present in large scale at the e-waste, this study has the main objective of evaluating the feasibility of use of printed circuit boards as raw material for coating in construction, which is a market that already uses coatings in board form, so, creating a product that uses recycled raw material and has a green design, can increase the market of coating and attract the public. As the main method for this study, as well as bibliographic research , it uses the dismantling of printed circuit boards and evaluation of materials associated with the board for its performance as a coating material in construction. At this stage, different recycled polymers are analyzed as a possibility for incorporation into the product. This material has the market needs, in association with recycling and innovating design, which is an alternative for e-waste, as well for construction industry.

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