1. St. John College of Engineering and Management,
Department of Civil Engineering
(St. John Polytechnic)
Group No – 05
1. Manthan Prabhakar Kadam (136050)
2. Saurabh Sanjay Sambare (136066)
3. Prem Sunil Pingle (136055)
4. Shreya Sandesh Sukale (136075)
Filling Potholes With Plastic
2. CONTENT
1. Objectives.
2. Introduction.
3. Literature Review.
4. Methodology.
5. Conclusion.
6. Future Scope.
7. References.
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3. OBJECTIVE
● Evaluate coordination methods between urban bodies dealing with disposal of
plastic waste and road construction departments using waste in the road
building.
● Review economic viability of implementing the innovation in smaller towns and
rural areas in comparison to metros and bigger cities.
● Report need for legislation required for better coordination of the stake holders
and for implementation of the innovation.
● Recognise need for media role in creating public awareness in replication of this
innovation.
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4. Introduction
The concept of utilization of waste plastic in the construction of flexible
road pavement has been done since the year 2000 in India. In the construction of flexible
pavements, bitumen plays the role of binding the aggregate together by coating over the
aggregate. It also helps to improve the strength and life of road pavement. But its
resistance towards water is poor. A common method to improve the quality of bitumen is
by modifying the rheological properties of bitumen by blending with synthetic polymers
like rubber and plastics. Use of plastic waste in the bitumen is similar to polymer
modified bitumen. In India, 52,000 tons of plastic waste are produced per year.
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5. Literature Review
1) Author Name – By Vinita Govindarajan, India
Title – Support Scroll.in
Published - Jan 27, 2018 · 12:30 pm
‘Plastic is poor man’s friend’: Padma Shri winner Rajagopalan Vasudevan uses
waste to build roads. A 73-year-old retired chemistry professor from the
Thiagarajar Engineering College in Madurai was on Thursday named as one of the
73 recipients of the Padma Shri, the government’s fourth highest civilian honour.
Rajagopalan Vasudevan is known as the “Plastic Man of India” for devising an
innovative way of disposing of plastic waste – by using it to build roads.
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6. In 2002, Vasudevan came up with the idea of spraying dry, shredded plastic waste,
made up of pieces as small as 2 mm in size, over gravel or bitumen heated to 170
degrees Celsius. The plastic melted and coated the stones with a thin film. The plastic-
coated stones were then added to molten tar. Since both plastic and tar are petroleum
products, they bind well. Vasudevan first tried out this technique to pave a road on
the college campus.
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7. 2)Author Name – MCG makes use of plastic waste in road construction a must.
Title – Vishakha Chaman| TNN
Published - Feb 8, 2020, 07:57 Am
Gurgaon: In a move aimed at dealing with tonnes of plastic waste generated in the city
daily, MCG has made the use of such trash mandatory for the construction of all
bitumen roads under its jurisdiction. The decision was taken by MCG commissioner
Vinay Pratap Singh in a meeting on Thursday over the poor performance of the
corporation’s engineering wing in using plastic waste for building roads. MCG officials
said the decision comes following the directions of the NGT to become utilise such
waste and become plastic waste-free. The Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, also
state that recycled waste should be utilised.
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8. 3)Author Name – Published by Durham Country,
Title – Durham Magazine News
Published - By David Sunderland -August 24, 2018
If you drive down the A689 near Sedgefield, County Durham, you could find
yourself motoring along a ‘plastic’ road. During recent roadworks, a section of the
A689 – between Butterwick Junction and the county border – was resurfaced with a
new type of hot rolled asphalt containing bits of waste plastic. The cutting-edge
coating is being trialled for the first time in the north east by Durham County
Council. The coating is seen as environmentally friendly as it stops hard-to-recycle
pieces of plastic from being thrown away and polluting the environment.The plastic
saved in the trial is equivalent to 60,000 plastic shopping bags.
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9. Durham County Council’s head of technical services, John Reed, said,
“We have a continuous programme of resurfacing to maintain the condition of
our road network.“We’re always interested in any innovative technology that
improves our roads and makes them more environmentally friendly. “In this
trial, we incorporated waste plastics into the asphalt instead of traditional
bitumen.” “This will help divert plastics that are difficult to recycle from
incineration and landfill and reduce our carbon emissions.
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10. 4)Author Name – Plastic mix for New Town road repairs
Title – Suman Chakraborti | TNN
Published - May 22, 2019, 06:26
KOLKATA: The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) on Tuesday started a
pilot project where the civic body used bitumen blended with plastic waste to repair roads.
The first road to repair such a coat will be near Akankha More in Action Area II of New
Town.
The environment-friendly and cost-effective experiment will happen on a 400m-long and
10m-wide stretch. “About 6% of crushed plastic is being mixed with bitumen aggregate to
form this material. The strength and longevity of the new layer will be tested. If it is found to
be durable more durable than only bitumen that was used earlier, this plastic-mixed
material will be used on more stretches,” said an NKDA official.
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11. Methodology
Collection and disposal of plastic waste has emerged as an
important environmental challenge and its recycling is facing
roadblocks due to their non-degradable nature. There are four basic
ways in which communities can offer plastic recycling collection
services for plastic bottles and containers – curbside, drop-off, buy-
back or deposit/refund programs.
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1).Collection Of Waste Plastic:-
12. Waste plastic litter is sorted, de-dusted, washed. Plastic waste (bags
, cups, thermocouple) made out of PE,PP,and PS cut into a size
between 1.18 mm and 4.36mm using shredding machine, (PVC waste
should be eliminated)
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2).Cleaning and shredding of waste plastic:-
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3).Test on aggregate:-
14. 4).Test on Bitumen:-
The temperature and time susceptibilities of bitumen are important performance
factors. In order to characterize the numerous bitumen grades a number of test methods
have been developed. Initially, these tests aimed at measuring an arbitrary mechanical
property which made it possible to discriminate between various bitumens. The limits
between which such properties had to be well known from practical experience.
Some Test On Bitumen:-
• Penetration Test
• Softening Point Test
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15. 5.MIXING OF SHREDDED WASTE PLASTIC, AGGREGATE AND
BITUMIN IN CENTRAL MIXING PLANT:-
The aggregate mix is heated to 165 ºc (as per the HRS specification) in the
central mixing Plant.The 8% of waste plastic to the weight of bitumen are added in
the conveyor belt or special mechanical device is developed which will spray the
plastics inside the chamber to coat the plastics effectively over the aggregate
,Similarly the bitumen is to be heated up to a maximum of 160ºc is mixed with coated
aggregate.
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16. Conclusion:-
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 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.
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17. Future Scope:-
As the population increases, the solid waste also increases
proportionally. The best alternative is the usage of waste as construction
material assuring a good disposal. As this method is economic the practice
would be on satisfactory extent aiding the future generations for a good
solid waste management.
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18. REFERENCES:-
1) https://g.co/kgs/KGXMHy
2) https://images.app.goo.gl/gGxNw79zU22Kq9ac9
3) Bhrugu Kotak, Abhijitsinh Parmar, Dhaval M Patel, Bhupesh Katariya& Priyank B Shah(2014),
“Application And Methodology Of Repairing And Maintenance Of Potholes Using Modern
Techniques In Flexible Pavement.
4) Rishi Singh Chhabra*, SupriyaMarik - A Review Literature On The Use Of Waste Plastics And
Waste Rubber Tyres In Pavement – International Journal Of Core Engineering &Management
(IJCEM).
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19. 5) S.S.Verma - Roads from plastic waste - The
Indian Concrete Journal - November 2008
6) Vinoth.N - Use of plastic wastes in road construction-
Central Institutes of Plastic Engineering and technology.
7) Dr.R. Vasudean “Utilization of waste plastics for
flexible pavement”, Indian High Ways.
8) Dr.Y. P. Gupta, Shailendra Tiwari & J. K.
Pandey, “Utilisation of Plastic Waste in Construction of
Bituminous Roads”, NBM & CW MARCH 2010, p.92.
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20. Thank You
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