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Plastic Waste As an Effective Stormwater Best Management Practice
This study focused on the manufacture, hydraulic and mechanical properties of a porous plastic-based cementitious (P-PBC) material. P-PBC, produced from plastic waste, soil and aggregates, will offer an effective technique for reducing stormwater runoff, improving water quality and providing a structural pavement suitable for pedestrian and vehicular loadings. It will also help divert a large amount of plastic from landfills and incinerators thus playing a crucial role in the recycling efforts currently underway. P-PBC specimens with different plastic to soil/aggregate ratios were prepared and then tested for hydraulic conductivity (k) and indirect tensile strength (ITS). Results showed that k and ITS values of specimens were within the expected values found in the literature for porous pavements. It was also found that the k values decreased with the increase of percentage of plastic waste. ITS, on the other hand, increased with the amount of plastic waste. The study findings indicated that P-PBC could be an effective Stormwater Best Management Practice with significant positive economic and ecological implications.
Plastic Waste As an Effective Stormwater Best Management Practice
This study focused on the manufacture, hydraulic and mechanical properties of a porous plastic-based cementitious (P-PBC) material. P-PBC, produced from plastic waste, soil and aggregates, will offer an effective technique for reducing stormwater runoff, improving water quality and providing a structural pavement suitable for pedestrian and vehicular loadings. It will also help divert a large amount of plastic from landfills and incinerators thus playing a crucial role in the recycling efforts currently underway. P-PBC specimens with different plastic to soil/aggregate ratios were prepared and then tested for hydraulic conductivity (k) and indirect tensile strength (ITS). Results showed that k and ITS values of specimens were within the expected values found in the literature for porous pavements. It was also found that the k values decreased with the increase of percentage of plastic waste. ITS, on the other hand, increased with the amount of plastic waste. The study findings indicated that P-PBC could be an effective Stormwater Best Management Practice with significant positive economic and ecological implications.
Plastic Waste As an Effective Stormwater Best Management Practice
Yada, Damodar (author) / Al-Bihani, Jabber (author) / Khoury, Naji (author) / Abousleiman, Younane (author) / Khoury, Charbel (author)
Geo-Frontiers Congress 2011 ; 2011 ; Dallas, Texas, United States
Geo-Frontiers 2011 ; 1307-1314
2011-03-11
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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