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Apr 26, 2012
Plastic Waste As an Effective Stormwater Best Management Practice
Authors: Damodar Yada [email protected], Jabber Al-Bihani [email protected]., Naji Khoury [email protected], Younane Abousleiman [email protected], and Charbel Khoury [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Geo-Frontiers 2011: Advances in Geotechnical Engineering
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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.
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Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University.E-mail: [email protected]
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University.E-mail: [email protected].
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University. (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]
Larry W. Brummett/ONEOK Chair and Professor, PoroMechanics Institute, University of Oklahoma.E-mail: [email protected]
Doctoral Candidate, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Oklahoma.E-mail: [email protected]
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