STABILIZATION OF BLACK COTTON SOIL USING PLASTIC GRANULES

Abstract: A review paper is presented here to focus on soil stabilization by using waste plastic products. Soil stabilization is the process which improves the physical properties of soil, such as shear strength, bearing capacity which can be done by use of controlled compaction or addition of suitable admixtures like cement, lime, sand, fly ash or by providing geo textiles, geo synthetics etc. The new technique of soil stabilization can be effectively used to meet the challenges of society, to reduce the quantities of waste, producing useful material from non-useful waste materials. Various experiments were conducted and found that there is improved performance when compared to conventional soil.

Keywords: Black Cotton Soil, CBR, OMC, MDD, Plastic fibers, UCS and Stabilization.