Soil Stabilization using Waste Pet Fiber Material

In India, the modern era of soil stabilization began in early 1970’s, with a general shortage of petroleum and aggregates, it became necessary for the engineers to look at means to improve soil other than replacing the poor soil at the building site. Soil stabilization was used but due to the use of obsolete methods and also due to the absence of proper technique, soil stabilization lost favour. In recent times, with the increase in the demand for infrastructure, raw materials and fuel, soil stabilization has started to take a new shape. With the availability of better research, materials and equipment, it is emerging as a popular and cost-effective method for soil improvement. This research determined the geotechnical properties of lateritic soil modified with used plastic water bottle (PET) with a view to obtaining a cheaper and effective replacement for the conventional soil stabilizers plastic waste materials or produced enormously such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is used as fiber reinforced material in the soil stabilization. But such material has been used little for engineering purposes. The used plastic water bottle as a waste can be cut into pieces and mixed with soil in the behaviour of the soil similar to fiber reinforced soil and response of plastic waste mixed soil can be examined using the frame work of fiber reinforced soil.