IMPROVEMENT FOR ASPHALT MIXTURE PERFORMANCE USING PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE

Authors

  • Machsus Machsus Department of Civil Infrastructure Engineering, Faculty of Vocations, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
  • Mohamad Khoiri Department of Civil Infrastructure Engineering, Faculty of Vocations, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
  • Amalia Firdaus Mawardi Department of Civil Infrastructure Engineering, Faculty of Vocations, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
  • Rachmad Basuki Department of Civil Infrastructure Engineering, Faculty of Vocations, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia
  • Jieh-Haur Chen Research Center of Smart Construction, National Central University, Taiwan
  • Diana Wahyu Hayati Research Center of Smart Construction, National Central University, Taiwan

Keywords:

Polyethylene Terephthalate, Asphalt Concrete-Wearing Course, Hot mix asphalt, Asphalt mixture, Optimum Asphalt Content

Abstract


Lately, plastic waste has become a problem in our society, due to the negative impact that it has
on our environment. To mitigate this, the reuse of plastic bottle wastes and other local materials should be
encouraged. In this paper, the authors present an innovative application for polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
that is obtained from plastic bottle wastes, as an additive to Asphalt Concrete-Wearing Course (AC-WC), a hot
mix asphalt (HMA) type. The AC-WC sample that contained the PET was measured using the wet method to
determine the Marshall parameters of the samples. The type of bitumen used as the specimen is asphalt, which
has a penetration value of 60/70. The optimum asphalt content (OAC) obtained from the preliminary study was
found to be 5.7% of the total asphalt weight. The results show that AC-WC mixture strength improves when
plastic bottle waste is used, which can be correlated with an increase in stability. This finding shows that plastic
bottle waste and other local materials have an alternate use as a road pavement material.

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Published

2021-03-28

How to Cite

Machsus Machsus, Mohamad Khoiri, Amalia Firdaus Mawardi, Rachmad Basuki, Jieh-Haur Chen, & Diana Wahyu Hayati. (2021). IMPROVEMENT FOR ASPHALT MIXTURE PERFORMANCE USING PLASTIC BOTTLE WASTE. GEOMATE Journal, 20(79), 139–146. Retrieved from https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/241

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 79 (2021): March 2021

Section

Articles