A review on properties evaluation of bituminous addition with E-waste plastic powder

Abstract It is estimated that 50 million tonne of E-waste will be generated globally in 2018. Half of this is personal devices such as computers, screens, smart phones, tablets and TVs, with the remainder being larger household appliances and heating and cooling equipment. Out of this, only 20 per cent of global E-waste is recycled each year, which means that 40 million tonnes of e-waste is placed in landfill, burned or illegally traded and treated in a sub-standard way. India is highly deficient in precious mineral resources while untreated e-waste goes to landfill, there is need for a well designed, regulated E-waste recovery and reuse methods for this has to be utilized. Electronic waste (e-waste) typically includes discarded computer monitors, motherboards, mobile phones and chargers, compact discs, headphones, television sets, air conditioners and refrigerators. With the technology development of consumer electronics, the whole world is facing serious problems caused by huge generation of E-waste produced every day. India has already become the second largest supplier of consumer electronic in the world and will become the number one in the next few years. Reuse of E-waste plastics as aggregates in some or other forms of in construction industry may be considered as economical and technically viable for solving the disposal of large amount of waste and this can be used as aggregates and fine filler in concrete or in the construction of flexible pavement. The idea was to determine whether E-waste plastic can be used an alternative to conventional material like aggregate, bitumen in a flexible pavement structures. This review work focuses on the use of E-waste plastics powder as a partial replacement for bitumen.