it will not only lead to conservation of natural resources, but
will herald better ways of managing residuals and by-product
materials. As per the recent report of Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA), recycle paper mills (RPM)
contributes nearly 30% of the total pulp and paper mill segment.
With 85% average efficiency of RPM, around 5% (by weight) of
total pulp and paper mill production is generated as RPMR
annually. As a by-product, often times RPMR are landfilled
without any resource recovery. Use of such recyclable materials as a raw material in the production of bricks has been an
evolving process [2]. They have been successful in creating a
brick-making material by mixing recycle paper mill wasteand cement with varying proportions (up to 20% by weight)
of cement. Their research shows that the bricks made by
using recycle paper mill waste are light weight and increased
acceptable compressive strength. Continuous efforts are
made to incorporate industrial by-products as a raw material
in the production of bricks. For example, Mucahit and Sedat [3]
developed porous and light-weight bricks by using paper
processing residues as an additive to a clay brick. They have
been successful in creating a brick-making material by mixing
brick-making raw materials with varying proportions (up to
30% by weight) of paper residues. Their research shows that
the bricks made by using paper processing residues had