Adobe Soil-Lime Bricks Reinforced with Kraft Paper Fibers

Residue generation causes significant environmental damages, mainly when there on technology for its treatment and several times end up discarded inappropriately. Several industries sectors have developed management programs aiming to destiny adequately solid residues produced on their activities. An alternative to solve this problem is the recycling process, which treats the residues as a potential matter to produce new products, focusing to reduce environmental impacts and inappropriate residue discard. In this context, ecological bricks emerge as a great opportunity to recycle, permitting residue incorporation. The present research analyzed compressive strength, retraction and water absorption on adobe bricks, made of soil-lime mixture and reinforced with Kraft paper fibers. Blocks were made with 7% lime content and with 0%, 8%, 10% e 12% fiber addiction. The results demonstrated that soil-lime-fiber blocks, with indicated lime content and fiber addiction, did not presented results that satisfy normative criteria to be used as a innovative material.