USE OF PLASTIC BAG AS AN ADDITIVE MATERIAL TO IMPROVE THE CAPACITY OF BLACK COTTON SOIL
Department of Civil Engineering Subharti Institute of Technology and Engineering, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut, India, India
ABSTRACT
It is appreciating that black cotton soil is considered as expansive soil. The problem of damage to structure in expansive soil is worldwide. There are several techniques to improve the properties of soil with use of different method of stabilization of black cotton soil. Plastic have taken center stage in daily life due to favorable attribute such as low weight, durability and lower cost as compare to other material and it make highly demand of plastic but increase use of plastic in day to day consumer application has resulted in municipal solid waste containing an even growing fraction of plastic material used for a short time and discard. Hence disposal of plastic waste is very serious problem. The plastic is nonrecyclable material so the possibility of utilizing plastic waste to reinforce soil to pave way for its use in civil engineering projects. An attempt is made here to utilize the plastic bag waste for soil improvement in black cotton soil and to study the reinforcing capacity of plastic in soil.
