Abstract
Recycled waste plastic is one of the regular garbage utilized as a sustainable material in soil remediation. This study examines the efficacy of utilizing local recycled waste plastic as an ecological quantifiable along with soil containing fine particles to analyze the consolidation behavior. Various recycled waste plastic contents ranging from 2% to 10% were employed experimentally in two patterns where in the first pattern the recycled waste plastic were mixed as dry material with the fine soil particles while in the second pattern a sandwich layer of 10% of the recycled waste plastic was placed in the middle of the untreated soil. When subjected to the same level of stress, the recycled waste plastic-treated soil had a 165% increase in its coefficient of consolidation between the initial and subsequent loading cycles. Various nonlinear models were obtained for different consolidation aspects including a power law model for the coefficient of consolidation over time, a hyperbolic model for the deformation over time, and a second-order polynomial model for void ratio over stress. It is demonstrated that the recycled waste plastic can be utilized as an efficient sustainable substantial source for various consolidation aspects.
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Raheem, Aram Mohammed; Vipulanandan, Cumaraswamy; Abdullrahman, Mohammed Hiwa; and Omer, Ali Tariq
(2026)
"Beneficial Investigation of Sustainable Recycled Waste Plastic in Treating the Consolidation Behavior of Fine Soil,"
Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies: Vol. 11:
Iss.
2, Article 8.
https://doi.org/10.29187/2458-973X.1224
Available at:
https://commons.yildiz.edu.tr/jscmt/vol11/iss2/8
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