Sustainable concrete produce using high visibility vests and clothing: explainer 22 oct

Associate Professor Malindu Sandanayake is leading a project reusing hi-viz vests and coffee cups being reused to make cement.

Australian researchers have found a way to re-use coffee cup and hi-viz waste to make concrete. Credit: Supplied/SBS

Victoria University Assistant Professor Malindu Sandanayake says that research done to create concrete from polyester fibers obtained from high visibility clothing used by workers in factories and construction sites has been successful. Listen to SBS Sinhala explainer for more information.


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මෙල්බන් ශ්‍රී ලාංකික වෙඉද්යවරයෙකුගෙන් නව තාක්ෂණයක් යොදා ගෙන ආඝාතය වැනි රෝග කල් තියා හඳුනා ගැනීමේ වැයමක්

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09/05/201613:30

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