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Rapid improvements in the engineering world have influenced the lifestyle of human beings to a great extent. But the day today activities of mankind are augmenting risks to the environment in the same proportion. Use of plastic products such aspolythene bags, bottles etc. is increasing day by day leading to various environmental concerns. Therefore, the disposal ofthe plastic wastes without causing any ecological hazards has become a real challenge. Plastic wastes have become one ofthe major problems for the world. The harmful gas which is being produced by them leads to tremendous health relatedproblems. So, effective engineering implementation of this has become one of the challenging jobs for engineers. In recentyears, researchers from various fields have attempted to solve environmental problems caused by the production of nonbiodegradable wastes like plastic. Using a geotechnical viewpoint, this paper proposes a partial solution to a major itemwhich piles up in the wastages i.e. Plastic. But the primary objective of this project is to examine the potential capability ofstabilizing soil using plastic fiber. Various tests such as Standard Proctor, CBR were carried out with different samples todetermine the effect of plastic fibers in silty clay. The initial results obtained were promising and supporting the fact ofachieving stability of the soil. The advantages of this study results in three folds- Utilization of natural resource (silty clay),Economy, and waste management. Mixing of plastic waste fiber with expansive soil helps to mitigate the volume changebehavior of soil.

Devashish kushwah, Mukesh Pandey, “STUDY OF STABILITY OF SOIL WITH USING PLASTIC FIBER”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp. 1476-1779, March 2018.