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. 2021 Oct 16;29(57):86156–86179. doi: 10.1007/s11356-021-16980-y

Table 4.

Record of admixtures of plastic waste with rubber for concrete/road construction

S. no Application of rubber /plastic Type of Rubber/plastic % of rubber Tests conducted Test results References
1 Modifier, binder, additive Crumb rubber, PET Penetration value, storage stability, rutting, fatigue resistance and inflated the rotational viscosity (RV) Storage stability, rutting and fatigue resistance and inflated the rotational viscosity (RV) Leng et al. (2018)
2 Modifier Crumb rubber, LDPE, HDPE 2, 4, 8 and 10% Rutting and cracking parameters Reduced susceptibility to rutting and cracking Khan et al. (2016)
3 Modifier Crumb rubber tyre, LDPE 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5% Marshall stability value, viscosity, softening point and stiffness Marshall stability more than 30%, viscosity, stiffness and softening point increased Onyango et al. (2015)
4 Modifier Waste plastic and crumb rubber 2% waste plastic and 2% crumb rubber Marshall quotient test, stability test Stability increases, MQ value increased by 52% Islam et al. (2016)
5 Modifier Waste plastic and tyres Softening point, penetration value, air voids, ductility test Softening point increased, penetration value and voids decreased Barad et al. (2015)
6 Modifier Waste plastic and crumb rubber

Waste plastic 4, 6, 8, 10%

Crumb rubber 5, 10, 15%

Marshall stability test, penetration test, ductility test, softening point test Strength of bitumen modified with plastic increased 16% but with crumb rubber increased 50% as compared to conventional concrete Bansal et al. (2017)