ADHESIVE FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE PRODUCTS FROM WASTE MATERIAL, AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE ADHESIVE AND COMPOSITE PRODUCTS THEREFROM

摘要

There is provided an adhesive comprising a flowable material having water andacrushable material that is at least one selected from the group consisting ofearth, finelycrushed rock, clay, talc, gypsum, lime, and kaolin. The adhesive includes asolvent andpolystyrene. The adhesive is made by mixing together approximately in equalparts byweight: the flowable material and the crushable material to form a firstmixture, and thesolvent and the polystyrene until the polystyrene is dissolved within thesolvent to form asecond mixture. The method includes forming the adhesive by mixing togetherthe firstand second mixtures. There is further provided a method of manufacturing acompositeproduct comprising mixing together a waste material with the adhesive to formthecomposite product thereby. In one example, approximately one part by weight oftheadhesive is mixed with approximately four parts by weight of the wastematerial.