Proceedings of National Conference on Technological Developments in Civil and Mechanical Engineering (NCTDCME-18)

SPVP,S.B. Patil College of Engineering, Indapur

Prof.Admile P. R6.
6Assistant professor, S. B.Patil College of Engineering Indapur, Pune India.

Dr. P.D. Nemade7

Abstract- Now a days disposal of dissipate plastic is collected and second hand in the country is probable to be
one of the major green problem all above the world. 9,205 tons per day Approximately 60% of total plastic
The objective of this review paper is to examine the waste and 6,137 tones remain uncollected and littered of
usefulness of using waste plastic as fine aggregate which Delhi alone contributes 689.5 tons each day.
substitute in concrete mixtures. The compressive and Approximately 60 percent of the total plastic waste in
tensile strength of a variety of concrete specimens Delhi is collected and recycled every day, while 40 percent
were tested to establish how the amalgamation of remains uncollected or is discarded as litter and that the
recycled plastic as a replacement of fine aggregate quantity of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation has
would affect the expansion of strength in the mixes. In rapidly bigger in China due to growing urbanization,
this reading plastic waste was mixed with cement population growth and industrialization. The total amount
concrete in a variety of scope such as 0%-15% and the of MSW increased from 31.3 million tons in 1980 to 212
M20 grade test specimen were casted to learning the million tons in 2006, and the waste generation rate
behavior of plastic mixed concrete. All stages of increased from 0.50 kg/capita/day in 1980 to 0.98
plastic replacement show a perceptible diminish in kg/capita/year in 2006.
compressive strength and tensile strength.
Definition problems of the plastic
Keywords: Compressive Strength, Tensile Strength, Plastic waste is essentially garbage. It is a sum total of all
Plastic waste. the solid waste produced in our homes, businesses and
some industrial sources. As the plastic is not a
INTRODUCTION biodegradable material it cannot be decomposed. As the
The speedy urbanization and industrialization all over the waste producing is increasing the disposal of the waste is
world has resulted in large statement of waste polymer one of the major problems. The waste is sent for the
materials. The world’s yearly consumption of plastic landfills which cause the land to pollute as the waste
materials has bigger from around 5 million tons in the material is contacting plastic which is non- biodegradable
1950s to nearly 100 million tons in 2001. Now it touches which causes many problems .The percentage of plastic
to figure of 126.5 million tons in 2016. waste in solid waste is growing in volume and in toxicity.
As lone of the maximum inventions in 20th More and more of our everyday plastic products contain
century, plastic has bring huge promote in human life. toxic chemicals and these toxic products are combined
Numerous plastic products are being frenzied with the with a plethora of other chemicals, which eventually
growth of civilization. However, large amounts of plastic impact public health and the environment. This has
waste give much pressure on the environment due to the necessitated the importance of study on disposal of plastic
very low biodegradability of plastic and permission of waste otherwise it will create very serious health issues
waste plastic consumer bags / bottles from the domestic and problems.
has become a major problem to the agencies in the town PREVIOUS WORKS
and cities. Plastic bags / bottles neglected in the dustbins This chapter presents a review of relevant research in the
and their way into the drainage system and clog them. use of recycled plastic as a replacement of coarse
Often, these are burnt along the roadside, which produce aggregate in structural concrete. The main objective of the
fumes cause air pollution. Plastics have become an in literature review is to explore studies related to use of
discrete and basic part of our lives. The amount of plastics recycled plastic as a replacement of coarse aggregate in
consumed annually has been growing steadily. Large structural concrete. Most of literature has been referred
magnitude of plastic waste is produced every year. from the books, seminars, thesis conference proceeding,
present the particulars about the amount of plastic and research papers on over the use of waste plastic as
burning up and plastic waste generate According to vital replacement of aggregate.
Pollution Control Board of India the plastic waste Kshiteesh Gaur .et.al.[2017]1. Modern activities in
generated approximately 56 hundred thousand tons of India leads to use of plastic bags in excess. Plastic being
plastic waste per annum and total plastic waste which is non-biodegradable material, it takes years to decompose.
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SPVP,S.B. Patil College of Engineering, Indapur
JournalNX- A Multidisciplinary Peer Reviewed Journal (ISSN No: 2581-4230)
15th -16th March- 2018
Plastic bags have main constituent as poly-ethylene. The waste/steel fibers (0.2/0.1, 0.4/0.2, 0.6/0.3,0.8/0.4 and
poly-ethylene when combusted produces a by-product of 1/0.5 % by weight of cement) to study the compressive
Carbon dioxide which leads to global warming .In this ,we strength at 7 and 28 days strength. The combine mix of
study the efficiency of reusing plastic waste in concrete by plastic waste and steel fibers has shown more strength as
comparing compressive strength of concrete whose fine compare to concrete mix prep only with plastic waste. He
aggregate is partially replaced by has reached to conclusion that a plastic waste of 0.6%
plastic(5%,10%,15%,25%) with control concrete of M20 weight of cement when used with steel fiber of 0.3 %
grade. To compensate for the strength lost due to (weight of cement) has shown the maximum compressive
replacement, iron fibers of diameter 1-2 mm are used in strength. This study has really focused on addressing the
fixed amount. issue of reduced compressive strength with addition of
Gaurav verma[2016]2. This paper represents a collection plastic waste. Steel fibers when used along with plastic
of waste plastics materials in concrete mixes. From this wastes will affect all the properties of concrete but the
study it’s concluded that the fine aggregate can’t be researcher only focused on compressive strength
replaced by plastic materials so only the course aggregate property which is insufficient to give clear picture of
are used. The strength decreases drastically after concrete behavior.
replacing more than 20% plastic waste. Raghatate Atul M3[2014]6 The paper is based on
M Mahesh. Et.al.[2016]3. The increase in population experimental results of concrete sample casted with use
and the changed lifestyle has resulted in a significant rise of plastic bags pieces to study the compressive and split
in the quantity of plastic waste. This project in particular tensile strength. He used concrete mix by using Ordinary
deals with the possibility of using the waste polyethylene Portland Cement, Natural River sand as fine aggregate and
as partial replacement of fine or coarse aggregate in crushed granite stones as coarse aggregate, portable
concrete. Concrete with 2%, 4%, 6% pulverized/non water free from impurities and containing varying
pulverized polyethylene material is prepared after doing percentage of waste plastic bags (0%, 0.2%, 0.4%,0.6%
the mix design. Various tests on cement like specific 0.8% and 1.0%). Compressive strength of concrete
gravity, fineness, setting time, etc., tests on coarse and fine specimen is affected by the addition of plastic bags and
aggregates like sieve analysis, fineness modulus, specific with increasing percentage of plastic bag pieces
gravity, etc. are performed. Mix design using IS Code compressive strength goes on decreasing (20% decrease
method is done and cubes and cylinders are cast for M25 in compressive strength with 1% of addition of plastic bag
grade concrete with and without plastics and tests on pieces). On other hand increase in tensile strength of
concrete like slump, cube tests and cylinder tests are concrete was observed by adding up to 0.8% of plastic bag
performed to understand their behavior and usefulness as pieces in the concrete mix afterward it start decreasing
replacement. The standard mechanical properties of when adding more than 0.8% of plastic bags pieces.
concrete like compressive strength, split tensile strength
are tested and compared with the results of standard METHODOLOGY
specimen. The size of the polythene sheets, road waste, raw plastics,
B.Harini & K.V.Ramana[2015]4. and plastic straws were cut in to the size of course
Concrete is combination cement, aggregates and aggregates. The percentage of addition of plastics was
water. Due to enormous growth in concrete, aggregates varied from 0%-10% by weight and the specimen was
are facing crisis. Apart from this growth of plastic has cast. The compression testing samples were cast in cubes
provoked the methods to solve environmental issue of 150 X 150 X 150 mm cast iron mould. The flexural
caused by plastic. We have made an experiment by members were cast in the standard 700 X 150 X 150 mm
partially replacing fine aggregate with plastic an mould. The specimens were systematically placed in
investigation has been carried out. The strength curing tanks after 24 hours for 7 and 28 days respectively.
properties of M30 grade concrete are studied with For each given percentage of glass fibers, six cubes and six
different plastic percentage proportions. The various beams were cast. Similarly, The workability for each of the
plastic proportions are 5%,6%,8%,10%,15%,20% by given percentage of glass fiber is reported by taking the
volume. We studied strength properties of these mixes. average of three slump test results. The Specimens were
There is decrease in compressive strength when the ratio tested according to IS 516-1959 and IS 1199-1959.
of plastic to aggregate was increased. We have taken the
mix for which compressive strength was least and to that RESULTS
mix we have partially replaced cement with silica fume of Plastic aggregates can be successfully and effectively
5%,10%,15% by weight. The strength properties were utilized to replace conventional aggregates. Use of plastic
again studied, It was noticed that when cement was material in concrete as replacement of fine aggregate
partially replaced by 10%, 15% of silica fume was higher shows the good characteristics. Use of plastic in concrete
than reference mix. shows the increase in compressive strength up to certain
Khilesh Sarwe[2014]5.This study presents the results of percentage (up to 4%) and then it start to decrease. The
addition of waste plastics along with steel fibers with an following table shows the compressive strength for
objective to seek maximum use of waste plastic in normal and plastic used concrete for 7 days, 14 days and
concrete. Two different categories of mix were casted in 28 days.
cubes (150mm x 150mm x 150mm), one with varying Density: As we use the plastic as replacement of fine
percentages of plastic wastes (0.2%, 0.4%, 0.6%, 0.8% aggregate it has great effect on density of concrete. As
and 1% weight of cement) and another mix of plastics percentage of plastic increases the density of concrete
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SPVP,S.B. Patil College of Engineering, Indapur
JournalNX- A Multidisciplinary Peer Reviewed Journal (ISSN No: 2581-4230)
15th -16th March- 2018
goes on reducing. The variation in density as increase in 4 3.45 4.21
% of plastic is given in the following table.
Table -Result for Pavement Blocks 5 2.9 3.12
% of plastic as replacement Density in
of F.A CONCLUSION
Kg/m3 1. Plastic aggregates can be successfully and effectively
utilized to replace conventional aggregates. Use of plastic
00 2400 material in concrete as replacement of _ne aggregate
shows the good characteristics. Use of plastic in concrete
5 2350 shows the increase in compressive strength up to certain
percentage (up to 4%) and then it start to decrease. The
10 2240 following table shows the compressive strength for
normal and plastic used concrete for 7 days, 14 days and
15 2080 28 days.
2. As expected, the unit weight of concrete decreased with
20 1990 an increase in the percent replacement owing to the light
weight property of the plastic. As the percent replacement
increased, the compressive strength of the concrete
decreased. As we use the plastic as replacement of _ne
Compressive strength:
Table: Compressive strength(cube) aggregate it has great effect on density of concrete. As
percentage of plastic increases the density of concrete
Replacement Compressive strength after days
goes on reducing. Hence this is most suitable for high rise
of aggregate in MPa
structure to reduce the self-weight of structural element.
in %
3. The important point to be noted that at the time of
7 Days 28 Days compacting of plastic mixed concrete by vibrator, the
plastic ingredient separate from concrete mass due to its
0% 14.8 24.9 light weight property. Hence care should be taken at the
time of compaction of concrete with vibrator.
1% 14.92 24.96
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