Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

Vol 29, Issue 1, 2023; Page No.(461-465)

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF E-PLASTIC WASTE AS A PARTIALREPLACEMENT OF FINE AGGREGATE

M.P. Sureshkumar, Gurunathan S.V. and G. Vennila

Abstract

Westernization and population increase has resulted in the gradual increase of e-plastic wastefilling outthe entire globe, which is a global concern. Green concrete production with the help of waste materials isone of the solutions. Efforts have to be made to undertakes a systematic study of M20 grade concrete withvarious proportions of E-plastic waste as fine aggregate in the concrete. This paper presents the results ofan investigation to study the performance of concrete prepared with electronic plastic waste (E-plasticwaste) as part of the fine aggregate. The initial trail mix proportions for choosing an effective and efficientcertain percentage to replace the fine aggregate by 0% of E-plastic aggregate up to 25% replacement byvolume of the fine aggregate. The test results showed that a substantial improvement incompressive, splittensile, and flexural strength was achieved in the E-plastic concrete compared to conventional concrete.