GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COOLEGE

RAMANAGARAM

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON

“PLASTIC ROAD”

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

PRESENTED BY
Ms KAVITHA V
H D VIVEK
Asst, PROFESSOR
( 1GG17CV012 )
DEPT. OF CIVIL ENGG.
GEC, RAMANAGARAM.
 CONTENTS
▪ Introduction
▪ What are plastic roads?
▪ Field trials
▪ Comparison between ordinary road and plastic road
▪ Advantages of plastic roads
▪ Disadvantages of plastic roads
▪ Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION
▪ Disposal of waste plastic is a major problem. It is non-
biodegradable and it mainly consists of low density
polyethylene.
▪ Burning of these waste plastic bags causes environmental
pollution.
▪ To find its utility in bituminous mixes for road construction,
laboratory performance studies were conducted on
bituminous mixes.
▪ Laboratory studies proved that waste plastic enhances the
property of the mix.
▪ Plastic roads mainly use plastic carry bags, disposable cups
and bottles that are collected from garbage dumps as an
important ingredient of the construction material.
▪ Improvement in properties of bituminous mix provides the
solution for disposal in an useful way.
▪ When mixed with hot bitumen, plastics melt to form an oily
coat over the aggregate and the mixture is laid on the road
surface like a normal tar road.
WHAT ARE WASTE PLASTIC
ROADS?

• The roads constructed using waste plastic, popularly

known as plastic roads, are found to perform better
compared to these constructed with conventional
bitumen.
 PLASTIC!

WHY? H?
HOW? WHIC
WHY PLASTIC?

• Resistance to water, wear and tear

• Durability
• Available at low cost
• Disposal issues
• Environmental and ecological issues
• Properties enhanced.
 HOW TO USE?

1.SEGREGATION:
• Plastic waste collected from various sources
must be separated from other waste.
• Maximum thickness of60 microns.
2. CLEANING PROCESS

Plastic waste get cleaned and dried.

3.SHREDDING PROCESS

Different types of plastic wastes are

mixed together and plastics get shredded or cut
into small pieces.

Bottles Bale Plastic Waste Shredding Machine Dual Shaft Automatic

Overload Protection
4.COLLECTION PROCESS:

Then plastic waste retaining in 2.36mm is

collected.
FIELD TRAILS

• Wet process
• Dry process
WASTE PLASTIC MIXED WITH HOT
AGGREGATE
BITUMIN IS ADDED WITH PLASTIC
COATED AGGREGATE
ROAD LAYING
 ADVANTAGES
 Better resistance towards rain water and water
stagnation.
 No stripping and no potholes.
 The strength of the road is increased by 100%.
 The cost of road construction is also decreased.
 The maintenance cost of road is almost nil.
 Use higher percentage of plastic reduces the disposal
problem of waste plastic.
 Reduce the need of bitumen by around 10%.
 DISADVANTAGES
 Cleaning process: Toxics present in the co-mingled
plastic waste would start leaching.

 During the road laying process: In the presence of

chlorine will definitely release HCL gas.

 After the road laying: It is opined that the first rain will
trigger leaching, as the plastic will merely from a sticky
layer,(mechanical abrasion).
 CASE STUDY
Location : Bengaluru
Company : BBMP & KK Plastic Waste Management
Year : 2003-04
Method : By dry process mixed asphalt with 8% of recycled
plastic waste.
Used : Used 50ton of plastic waste and laid 250km road.

Jaymahal road Bengaluru

 CONCLUSION
 Use of innovative technology not only strengthened the
road construction but also increased the road life.

 Help to improve the environment.

 Plastic road would be a boon for India's hot and

extremely humid climate where durable and eco-friendly
roads which will relive the earth from all type of plastic
waste.
 REFERENCE
 Bhogayata, “ Feasibility of waste metalized polyethylene
used as constituent” April 2010.
 Bindhu C.S and Dr. K.S.Beena., “Waste plastic as
additive in stonemastic asphalt" September 2012.
 Konin a, “Effect of plastic waste content on mechanical
property of flexible pavements" December 2012.
 Mercy Joseph Poweth, Solly George, Jessy Paul, “Study
on use of plastic waste in road construction” March
2013.
THANK YOU