Recycled Plastic Wastes as Partial Replacement for Sand

Recycled Plastic Wastes as Partial Replacement for Sand

Prof. Kolekar A. N.1, Mr. Patil Akhilesh Mahendra2, Mr. Patil Saurabh Suresh3, Mr. Pawar Suraj Machhindranath 4, Mr. Ashish Anil Janugade5 , Sachin Mahadev Lokare6, Amit Mahadev Lohar7

2,3,4,5,6,7B.Tech. Student, Civil Department,

1Project Guide, Shree Santkrupa Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ghogaon, Karad, India

Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of using waste plastic materials on the concrete. Waste plastic were collected from homes. Most plastics  are  not biodegradable.  They  will stay  in  landfills  until  they  are  cleaned  up.  An  important problem  we  are  facing  is  dumping  of  plastic  materials  it causes lot of problems. In order to decrease the plastic waste, it  can be  used  in  construction  field,  plastic  is inorganic  in nature so it does not alter the chemical properties of concrete and  also  it  does  not  affect  the  quality  and  consistency  of concrete. The plastic can be as  filler material in concrete  as well as it can be used to improve the mechanical properties of concrete. Concrete is a composite material consists of Cement, Water, Fine Aggregate and Coarse Aggregate. High strength concrete  was  prepared of  W/C 0.35  and  the percentage  of waste plastic replaced by 10% of cement, Fine aggregate and Coarse  aggregate  used  in  concrete.  The  sizes  of  cubes 150x150x150mm.

Keywords: Sustainability, pavement, recycled concrete, aggregate.