Application of waste plastic in concrete composites

Plastika je prisotna v številnih aplikacijah. Njena množična uporaba povzroča velike količine odpadkov, ki jih je potrebno ustrezno predelati oz. reciklirati. Ena od možnosti je tudi recikliranje odpadne plastike in uporaba v gradbeništvu – v betonu. V sklopu magistrske naloge smo izvedli preiskave na odpadni plastiki tipa PE, PP in PVC. V prvem delu smo opravili pregled dosedanjih raziskav na področju uporabe plastike v betonu. Sledila je karakterizacija odpadne plastike za potrebe izdelav receptur betona. V zadnjem delu preiskav smo v betonu delno nadomestili naravni agregat z odpadno plastiko in opravili standardne laboratorijske preiskave.Plastics have found uses in various applications. Their widespread use results in enormous amounts of waste which must be properly recycled or recovered. One possibility is the recycling of plastic waste and its use in concrete. As a part of my Master\u27s thesis, we carried out our research on waste plastics such as PE, PP and PVC. In the first part of it, we reviewed the current research on the use of plastics in concrete. This was followed by plastic waste characterization in order to make concrete recipes. In the final part of our research, we partially replaced natural aggregate in concrete with waste plastics and subjected it to standard laboratory tests