Stress-strain response of plastic waste mixed soil.
Recycling plastic waste from water bottles has become one of the major challenges worldwide. The present study provides an approach for the use plastic waste as reinforcement material in soil. The experimental results in the form of stress-strain-pore water pressure response are presented. Based on experimental test results, it is observed that the strength of soil is improved and compressibility reduced significantly with addition of a small percentage of plastic waste to the soil. The use of the improvement in strength and compressibility response due to inclusion of plastic waste can be advantageously used in bearing capacity improvement and settlement reduction in the design of shallow foundations.
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India.
G L Sivakumar
GL
Babu
Sandeep Kumar
SK
Chouksey
D019245:Compressive Strength; D010969:Plastics; D059027:Recycling / Q000379:methods*; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry*; D014866:Waste Products
D010969:Plastics; D012987:Soil; D014866:Waste Products