VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

“JNANA SANGAMA”, BELGAUM-590014

SHRIDEVI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY
Tumakuru-572106, Karnataka

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON:

“THE STUDY ON USE OF RECYCLED

MATERIALS IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION”

Presented by, Under The Guidance of

B M MEGHASHREE Mr. MANOGNA H N BE, ME
1SV18CV004 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
VIII Sem Civil engineering DEPARTMENT
OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
 CONTENTS
i. INTRODUCTION

ii. OBJECTIVES

iii. BENEFITS OF RECYCLING

iv. METHODOLOGY

v. RECYCLABLE PLASTICS

vi. SEGREGATION AND CLEANING

vii. SHREDDING AND COLLECTION

viii. CASE STUDY

ix. CONCLUSION

x. REFERENCES
 INTRODUCTION
i. The most overwhelming reusing materials that are practically speaking at present
incorporate plastic squanders, scrap tires, fly ash, oil sand recycled solid totals, steel slag.

ii. Certain reused material have significant notable properties over others and incredible
advantages.

iii. Reusing materials have been accounted for to be used in various arrangement in various
layers of road structure from the top surfacing layer to the underneath layers.

iv. This review also examines some limitations relating to the adoption of these materials as
alternative construction materials for highway construction.

v. However it is generally accepted that reuse of waste materials in construction industry has
minimal encironmental impact and their exploration would have huge economic impact.
 OBJECTIVES

i. Exploring the most recyclable materials in the road field.

ii. Understanding benefits and drawback of utilizing some of these

materials in comparison to the others.

iii. Identifying some knowledge gaps related to any of the explored

materials.
 BENEFITS OF RECYCLING

i. Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators.

ii. Conserves natural resources such as timber, water and minerals.

iii. Increases economic security by tapping a domestic source of materials.

iv. Prevents pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials.

v. Saves energy.

vi. Burning of plastic waste could be avoided.

vii. It doesn’t increase cost of road construction.

viii. It doesn’t involve any extra machinery.

 METHODOLOGY
Recycled materials used in construction

A. Recycled concrete aggregates

B. Plastic waste and scrap tires

C. Mine wastes

D. Recycled crushed glass

E. Coal combustion products as fly ash

F. Steel slag
 A. RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATES:

i. One of the main reason to use recycled concrete aggregates in structural concrete is to
make construction more green and environmentally friendly.

ii. Rich in quality aggregates bonded together with a cementitious paste.

iii. High porosity causes high binder absorption.

iv. The use of recycled concrete aggregates on a large scale may help to reduce the effects
of the construction on these factors by reusing waste materials and preventing more
natural aggregate from being harvested.

CONCRETE AGGREGATES
 B. PLASTIC WASTE AND SCRAP TIRES:

i. Most littered plastic are rich in polymers. It can be utilized either as balancing out operator in
soil.tt is either added to the cover as pellets in the rate of 0.25-0.5% of folio weight in the wet
approach or to the totals in the dry methodology.

ii. All things considered, the wet technique exceeds the dry stratergy in effectiveness and connected
shearing powers to guarantee scattering of the plastic chips.

COLLECTED PLASTIC WASTE

 C. MINE WASTES :

i. Produced during mining ore operations at mine sites before & after processing of a
materials such as coal & marble processing.

ii. Properties depend largely on type of processed rocks, type of mining process.

iii. Marble dust represent a rate 20%-40% of the entire marble production & utilized as a
filler.

MINE WASTES
 D. RECYCLED CRUSHED GLASS :

i. other major construction products that can include recycled glass are fiberglass insulation,
ceramic kitchen and bathroom fixtures, brick manufacturing and as an additive to
concrete.

ii. glass aggregate, of course, can often be substituted in gravel or crushed stone for any
number of fill

CRUSHED GLASS
 E. COAL COMBUSTION PRODUCTS AS FLY ASH:

i. Defined as a residual non plastic substance from burning coal compound in power
generation plant.

ii. It has the advantages of being of high resistance to skidding due to its angular glassy
surface.
The use of fly ash for road construction has also increased phenomenally in India with an
annual utilisation of about 8.82 million tonnes in road construction

FLY ASH
 F. STEEL SLAG:

i. Produced at steel factories when lime flux mixed with iron ore. Chemical composition of
produced slag+cooling down process is what identifies types of slag.

ii. Classified in 2 groups, metallurgic & phosphoric slag.

iii. Metallurgic is in 2 types ferrous and non ferrous.

iv. Ferrous characterized by its black colour & of 2 types, blast furnace & steel slag.

STEEL SLAG
 RECYCLABLE PLASTICS
i. Plastic waste is non degradable

ii. Plastic waste is extremely hazardous to the nature

iii. Plastic waste is dangerous to animal’s, birds and sea organisms

PLASTIC WASTE
 SEGREGATION AND CLEANING

i. Plastic waste obtained must be segregated from other types of waste such as organic
waste or bio degradable waste.
ii. Plastic obtained must be recyclable ie maximum of 60 microns.
iii. Plastic that has been segregated will be cleaned and dried .

PLASTIC SCRAP WASHING MACHINE

 SHREDDING AND COLLECTION
i. Plastic is then be shredded into the required size.

ii. The plastic of size 2.36 and 4.75 is collected.

DOUBLE SHAFT SHREDDER COLLECTED PLASTIC WASTE

 CASE STUDY

i. NHAI has been using fly ash in its road & embankment projects subject to
satisfaction of the specification prescribed in IRC:SP:58:2001.

ii. CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) during last 15 years has undertaken
many road and embankment demonstration projects using fly ash.

iii. A study completed by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association
Transportation Development Foundation (ARTB-TDF) (ARTB-TDF, 2011) have
noted that over the years, Fly Ash has been used in transportation projects
successfully in Europe.
In India as many as 22,500 km of new roads have been installed since India’s
Minister for Road Transport made it mandatory, in 2016, to add waste plastic into
bituminous roads.
 CONCLUSION

i. By using the recycled materials in highway constructions we are reducing the

cost and highway pavement will have the more strength to bear the loads of the
vehicles on it.

ii. In the highway construction the mine waste and coal waste is used for water
absorbing agent.

iii. In ought to be stressed other potential reused materials for road development.

iv. The recycled material pavement is mostly suitable for low volume roads.

v. By using the recycled material for highway construction the cost is reduced
and life span of the pavement is increased.
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