DR SAMUEL GEORGE INSTITUTE OF

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

PLASTIC
ROADS PRESENTED BY
P.DIVYA SREE
G.VINEETHA
 A LONG
LASTING ROAD
FROM WASTE
PLASTIC FOR A
BETTER AND
GREEN
WORLD…..
CONTENTS:
• Introduction
• What are plastic roads?
• Historical development of plastic roads
• Materials used
• Construction
• 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
polyethylene.
 Burning of these waste plastic bags causes
environmental pollution.
 Laboratory studies proved that waste plastic chances
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.
 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 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.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMEMT OF PLASTIC
ROADS:
Plastic road first developed by
RAJAGOPALAN VASUDEVAN in
2001,consists of an asphalt mix with plastic
waste incorporated into the asphalt mixture.
The implementation of plastics in roads also
opens a new option for recycling post
consumer plastics.
DEVELOPMENT OF PLASTIC ROADS IN
INDIA:
CHENNAI was among the first cities
globally to adapt the technology in a big way
in the municipality commissioned 1000km of
plastic roads in 2004.
In 2014,the MPRRDA has constructed around
35km of roads in 17 districts with plastic
waste in INDORE.
The idea of using plastic-bitumen mix was
executed in january 2017 in SURAT.
MATERIALS USED:
AGGREGATE : Aggregate of 20mm,10mm.
Stone dust and lime as
filler.
BITUMEN : 60/70,80/100 grade
bitumen.
WASTE PLASTIC: waste plastic in the
shredded form.
(PVC is not used)
CONSTRUCTION :
 Step 1: plastics waste (bags ,cups,bottles)made out of
PE,PP and PS cut into a size between 2.36 mm
and 4.75mm using shredding machine.
 Step2: The aggregate mix is heated to 1650 c (as per
the HRS specification) and transferred to
mixing chamber .Amount of plastic to be
added is @8% of bitumen.
 Step 3: similarly, the bitumen is to be heated up to a
maximum of 1600
(HRS specification) to have good binding and to
prevent weak
bonding.
 Step 4:At the mixing chamber, the shredded plastics waste
is to be
added. It get coated uniformly over the aggregate
within 30 t0 60
seconds, giving an oily look.
 Step 5: The plastics waste coated aggregate is mixed
with got
bitumen and the resulted mix is used for road
construction .The rollers are used is 8- ton
capacity.
 Step 6:The road laying temperature is between 1100c to
1200 c .
And the rollers are used have capacity.
FIELD TRIALS:
There are two types of field trials
1. Dry process
2. Wet process
1) DRY PROCESS:
i. The aggregate is heated to 1700 c in the
mini hot mix plant.
ii. Heated aggregates .
iii. The shredded plastic waste is added in
equal proportions .
iv. Adding shredded plastic.
2) WET PROCESS:
i. Waste plastics by direct mixing with hot
bitumen at 1600 c.
ii. Mechanical stirrer is needed.
iii. Addition of stabilizers and proper cooling.
iv. Since the wet process require a lot of
investment and bigger plants.
v. Not commonly used.
COMPARISION BETWEEN ORDINARY
ROAD AND PLASTIC ROAD:
PROPERTI PLASTIC ORDINARY
ES ROAD ROAD
•Marshall stability •More •Less
value •Better •Good
•Binding property
•Softening point •Less •More
•Penetration value •More •Less
•Tensile strength •High •Less
•Rutting •Less •More
•Stripping
•No •More
•Seepage of water
•Durability of the •No •Yes
roads •better •Good
ADVANTAGES OF PLASTIC ROADS:
 Stronger road with increased marshall stability
value.
 Better resistance towards rain water and water
stagnation.
 No stripping and no potholes.
 No effect of radiation like UV.
 No leaching of plastics.
 The cost of road construction is also decreased.
 The strength of the road is increased by 100%.
DISADVANTAGES OF PLASTIC:
1. CLEANING PROCESS: Toxics present in the
co-mingled plastic waste
would start leaching.
2. DURING THE ROAD
LAYING PROCESS : In the presence of chlorine
will definitely release
noxious HCL gas.
3. AFTER THE ROAD
LAYING : It is opined that the first rain
will trigger leaching.As the
plastics will merely form a sticky
layer,(mechanic abrassion).The
components of the road,once it has been
laid,
are not inert.
CONCLUSION:
 Help to improve the environment.
 Use of innovative technology not only
strengthened the road construction but also
increased the road life.
 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.
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