Use of Plastic in Road Construction

Abstract: We know the disposal of plastic waste is very serious issue all over the world. But for India it is more serious than any other country. Because we have 1.3 billion people and we are also a developing country. Plastic need is increases day by day in India. And as we know we don't have proper plastic waste management and when the demand of plastic is going to increase. For this we have to adopt some smart technique to get rid of this problem. Best way to deal with this problem is we can use plastic in our road construction. It can help us for enhance the properties of roads and deal with various road problems like rutting, corrugation, pot holes. In this method we first shred the plastic waste and coated over the aggregate & mix with bitumen.

Keywords: Plastic, Aggregate, Bitumen, Waste Management.