Recycling Of Plastic Waste Material: Mechanical Properties And Implications For Road Construction

AbstractThe main purpose of the project is to convert polyethylenetetraphylate (PET), a known plastic waste material in Ghana, to wealth. Composite samples were produced by heating aggregates together with shredded PET plastic waste material, while bitumen was added to the plasticcoated aggregates. The composites produced were of 4.5 wt%, 9.0 wt%, 13.6 wt% and 18.0 wt% concentrations of PET. Mechanical and optical characterisation of the fabricated composite samples were studied for optimization. Moreover, corrosive studies via mass loss and thermal degradation studies were performed on the te…