Proposal Draft 1
1.0 Introduction This report has been developed in response to the request for proposals on developing solutions for engineering problems. This report aims at determining the suitability of using waste plastic materials as modifiers in bituminous road pavement construction. 1.1 Background information 1.1.1 Plastic Waste Plastic is a very versatile material. Due to the industrial revolution, and its large scale production plastic seemed to be a cheaper and effective raw material. Today, every vital sector of the economy starting from agriculture to packaging, automobile, electronics, building construction, communication sector has been virtually revolutionized by the application of plastic. Plastic is a non-biodegradable material and researchers found that the material can remain on earth for 4500 years without degradation. The growth in various types of industries together with population growth has resulted in an enormous increase in production of various...