VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, BELAGAVI

(state technological university, govt. of Karnataka)

THE OXFORD COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

BOMMANAHALLI, HOSUR ROAD, BANGALORE 560 068

Technical Seminar on

SOIL STABILIZATION
USING PLASTIC WASTES

Presented By: ABIN RAJU Under the Guidance of:

DR.MALLESHAIAH T.S
1OX16CV003
HOD
Dept. Of Civil Engineering
 CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. WHY PLASTIC
3. LITRETURE REVIEW
4. MATERIALS
5. MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL
6. MIXING OF MATERIALS
7. TESTS CONDUCTED
8. OBSERVATIONS
9. CONCLUSION
10.REFERENCES
 INTRODUCTION
 Stabilization : Improving soil properties (e.g. strength,
bearing capacity etc.)
 Stabilization can be done by either physical (e.g.
compaction) or by adding chemicals (e.g. admixtures)
 Stabilization help encourage use of weak soils.
 Use of weak soils can help reduce uneconomical process of
weak soils.
 Due to increasing costs of admixtures, it has become
necessary to find alternatives.
 WHY PLASTIC?
 Plastic is a major pollutant
 It is non-biodegradable
 Causes direct effects like cancer, lung damage, reproductive
disorders etc.
 Causes indirect damage like clogging of sewers.
 Production of plastic per year = 380 million tonnes
 Recycling plastic is very difficult .
 Disposal of plastic is difficult.
 Improper disposal creates deleterious effects.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
1. Babu, G.L. Sivakumar et.al (2010) :
• Used small plastic waste pieces in small amounts.
• Proposed model to predict stress strain and water pore response for different
percentage of plastic added.
• Strength improved. Compressibility reduced.

2. K. Geetha Manjari et.al. (2011) :

• ‘Compressibility and permeability behaviour of plastic waste mixed Sand’
• provided experimental results on the one-dimensional compression test and
permeability for plastic waste mixed sand
• compressibility and permeability reduced significantly with addition of a small
percentage of plastic waste
3. Choudhary A.K. et.al. (2010) :
• studied CBR behaviour of waste strips of plastic reinforced soil
• (CBR) tests were done on randomly reinforced soil by varying percentage of HDPE
strips of different lengths and proportions.
• improved strength and deformation behaviour of subgrade recorded.
• The proposed technique can be used to advantage in embankment/road
construction.
4. Anas Ashraf et.al (2011) :
• analysis on soil stabilisation using raw plastic bottles
• Their experiment was done by conducting plate load tests on soil reinforced with
layers of plastic bottles filled with sand
• test results showed that cut bottles placed at middle position were the most
efficient.
• plate load test was also performed.
 MATERIALS
SOIL

PLASTIC
MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SOIL
• Particle size distribution
• Atterberg limit and specific gravity of soil tests
• Sieve analysis
• Hydrometer analysis
• Plastic limit, liquid limit and plasticity index of the soil
• Maximum dry density and optimum moisture content
 MIXING OF MATERIALS

• The plastic pieces, which are expected to act as soil

reinforcements, were added to the soil in different
percentages (e.g. 0.5%, 1% , 2% etc.) by mass of the soil.
• Percentage by mass represents the ratio of mass of plastic to
mass of soil sample taken as a percentage.
 TESTS CONDUCTED
1.Free swelling test

2.Standard proctor
compaction test

3.Triaxial shear test

4. Direct shear test

5. Unconfined
Compressive Strength
(UCS) test

6. California Bearing
Ratio (CBR) test
 OBSERVATIONS
o Moisture reduction was possible for small pieces since plastic has
zero water absorption capacity.
o Substantial reduction in swelling noticed when small pieces
added.
o If surface of strip is parallel to shear plane, the shearing will be
enhanced and capacity will fail. But any other arrangement will
improve the shear capacity of the soil.
o Small strips and small sizes of plastic shown to increase the
strength tremendously.
o The CBR tests has shown that there is an improvement in the
CBR value. Improvement in CBR can attributed to the ability
of the strips in resisting swelling .
o The cracks formed very lesser when plastic was used as
reinforcement
 CONCLUSION

• Use of plastic as an alternative for stabilization is reliable.

• The plastic pieces can act as reinforcement .
• It helps with disposal and reuse of the plastic waste.
• However a better study of plastic as a reinforcement material
will be necessary to properly document the behavior of soil-
plastic composite.
 
REFERENCES
(1) . Babu G.L. Sivakumar, Chouksey S., Anoosha G., Geetha Manjari. K., “Strength and Compressibility Response of Plastic
Waste Mixed Soil”, Indian Geotechnical Conference – 2010, GEOtrendz December 16–18, 2010 IGS Mumbai Chapter & IIT
Bombay.
(2) Geetha Manjari K., G.Anoosha, Pawan Kumar, Chouksey Sandeep Kumar, Babu G.L.Sivakumar, “Compressibility and
Permeability Behaviour of Plastic Waste Mixed Sand”, Proceedings of Indian Geotechnical Conference Kochi, December 15-
17, 2011, i (Paper No. L074).
(3) Choudhary A.K., Jha J.N. and K.S. Gill , “A Study on CBR Behavior of Waste Plastic Strip Reinforced Soil”, Emirates Journal
for Engineering Research, 15 (1), 51-57 (2010)
(4) Ashraf Anas, Arya Sunil, Dhanya J., Joseph Mariamma, Varghese Meera , Veena M, “Soil Stabiliisation Using Raw Plastic
Bottles”, Proceedings of Indian geotechnicalConference Kochi, December 15-17,2011, (Paper No. H-304)
(5) Dr. Prasad D S V, Dr. Prasad Raju G V R, Anjan Kumar M, “Utilization of Industrial Waste in Flexible Pavement
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(6) Rebecca Belay Kassa, Tenaw Workie, Alyu Abdela, Mikiyas Fekade, Mubarek Saleh, Yonas Dejene “Soil Stabilization Using
Waste Plastic Materials”. March 20, 2020.