Use of waste plastic material with bitumen

for road construction

Under the useful Prepared By

guidance of 1. Rajat Bharti
2. Rahul Rana
Mr. Lalit rawat 3. Rahul kumar
4. Rishabh bartwal
5. Suraj Uniyal
 DISPOSAL OF PLASTIC The major threat to the
environment is the disposal of waste plastic .In a
highway, the potholes and corrugation is the major
problem.
 SOLUTION FOR PAVEMENT MAINENANCE Plastic
pavement will be a better solution to the above stated
problems. As plastic contain one or more organic polymer
which can be shaped by its flow is called as “plastic”.
 DURABILITY The durability of plastic is high and it
degrades very slowly.
 NON DEGRADABLE plastic has high resistant to
degradation.
 WASTE PLASTIC CAUSES POLLUTION Plastic is a
non-degradable waste, causes greenhouse effect and
global warming.
 PLASTIC COAT OVER AGGREGATE The waste
plastic when added to hot aggregates will form a
fine coat of plastic over the aggregate and such
aggregates when mixed with binder is found to
have higher strength, higher resistance and better
performance over a period of time.
 ECONOMICAL It is economical and eco-friendly.
 REDUCES SHRINKAGE Addition of plastic waste
in construction of pavements reduces the plastic
shrinkage and drying shrinkage.
 IMPROVEMENT IN ABRASION The use of waste
plastic improves the abrasion & slip resistance of
asphalt pavement.
 To design the improved flexible pavement.

 To design the asphalt pavement with aggregate-

plastic- bitumen mix.

 To coat the aggregate with plastic.

 To test the bitumen and the modified bitumen.

 To test aggregates with and without plastic coat.
 To minimize potholes.
 To minimize the global warming,
greenhouse gases and pollution.
 The lifespan of the roads can be
increased.
 Eco-friendly in nature.
 Plastic pavements are economical.
 Job for rag pickers.
 Reduce the need of bitumen by around
10%.
 Develop a technology which is eco-friendly.
 Improvements in fatigue life of roads.
 Increase the strength and better
performance of the road.
 Use higher percentage of plastic waste.
 The gases released during traffic conditions
are absorbed by smoke absorbent.
 Toxic present in the co-mingled plastic
wastes would start leaching.

 The presence of chlorine will definitely

release HCL gas.

 Use of plastic with bitumen decrease its flash

and fire point, thus catches fire faster as
compared to normal bitumen.
 The plastic waste items that can be used for
road construction are various items like plastic
carry bags, plastic cups, plastic packaging for
potato chips, biscuits, chocolates, etc.
 The entire process is very simple. The plastic
waste material is first shredded to a particular
size using a shredding machine.

 The aggregate mix is heated at 165°c and

transferred to the mixing chamber, and the
bitumen is heated to 160°c to result in good
binding. It is important to monitor the
temperature during heating.
 The shredded plastic waste is then added to the
aggregate. It gets coated uniformly over the
aggregate within 30 to 60 seconds, giving an oily
look.

 The plastic waste coated aggregate is mixed

with hot bitumen and the resulting mix is used for
road construction.

 The road laying temperature is between 110°c to

120°c.

 The roller used has a capacity of 8 tons.

 Test on aggregates

i. Aggregate crushing test

The strength of the coarse aggregate may be
assessed by aggregate crushing test. The
aggregate crushing value provides a relative
measure of resistance to crushing under
gradually applied compressive load .To achieve a
high quality of pavement, aggregates possessing
high resistance to crushing or low aggregate
crushing value re preferred.
ii. Los Angeles abrasion test
Due to the movements of traffic, the road stones
used in the surface course are subjected to wearing
action at the top. Hence road stones should be hard
enough to resist the abrasion due to traffic. Abrasion
tests are carried out to test the hardness property of
stones and to decide whether they are suitable for the
different road construction works.
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 iii. Impact test

 The test is designed to evaluate the toughness

of stone or the resistance of the aggregates to
fracture under repeated impacts is called
impact test. The aggregate impact test is
commonly carried out to evaluate the
resistance to impact of aggregates and has
been standardized by ISI.
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14.7%
 Test on bitumen

i. Penetration test
 Penetration test is to determine the hardness of the
bitumen. The penetration of a bitumen is the distance in
tenths of mm that a standard needle will penetrate into the
bitumen under a load of 100gm applied for 5 seconds at 25
c .penetration value indicates the softness of bitumen
(higher the penetration softer is the bitumen).
 Average Penetration value without plastic is 80
 Average Penetration value with plastic is 40
 ii. Softening point test
 The principle behind this test is that softening point is the
temperature at which the substance attains a particular
degree of softening under specified condition of the test .
Softening point denotes the temperature at which the
bitumen attains a particular degree of softening under the
specifications of this test.

 Softening point of bitumen without plastic is 80 degree

celsius
 Softening point of bitumen with plastic is 90 degree celsius
 The plastic mixed with bitumen and aggregates is
used for the better performance of the roads.
 The polymer coated on aggregates reduces the
voids and moisture absorption. This results in the
reduction of ruts and there is no pothole
formation.
 The plastic pavement can withstand heavy traffic
within extent limits and are durable than flexible
pavement.
 The use of plastic mix will reduce the bitumen
content by 10% and increases the strength and
performance of the road. This new technology is
eco-friendly.