Study on the Performance of Plastics as Replacement for Aggregates

Abstract

Solid waste management is of the major environmental concern in our country now a days. The use of plastics is increasing day by day, although steps were taken to reduce its consumption. Dumping or disposal of these waste products causes environmental and health issues. This creates substantial garbage every day which is much unhealthy. A healthy and sustainable reuse offers a host of advantages. This project is to be considered as an approach to a more extensive investigation on the use of plastic aggregate as replacement for coarse aggregates in concrete. In the present work studies were conducted by adding different percentages of plastic aggregates (0%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%) to find the optimum percentage and also to determine the performance of plastic aggregates on concrete. Studies are done on to determine mechanical and durability properties of concrete containing plastic aggregates and its suitability as a construction material. Also properties of concrete mix with plastic aggregates was studied and compared with control mix with normal aggregates.