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This research paper clarify about the work proposes application and better implementation of use of waste plastic material in bituminous concrete mixes.its main objective how we can use waste plastic material in bituminous concrete mixes without dumping the waste plastic in open ground also waste plastic can be as substitute of cement in several places but this thesis mainly focuses on waste plastic material behavior in bituminous concrete mixes. Bituminous Concrete (BC) is a composite material mostly employed in construction projects like road surfacing, airports, parking lots etc. It consists of asphalt or bitumen (used as a binder) and mineral aggregate which are mixed together & laid down in layers then compacted. Now a day, the gradual increment in high traffic intensity in terms of commercial vehicles, and the vital variation in daily seasonal and annual temperature put us in a demanding situation to think of some alternatives for the improvisation of the pavement features and quality by applying some suitable modifications that shall satisfy both the strength as well as economical aspects. Also considering the environmental approach, because of excessive use of polythenes in daily life, the all kind of pollution to the environment are increases termendously. Since the polythenes are not biodegradable, the need of the current time is to use the waste polythene in some beneficial purposes. This paper presents a research conducted to review the behavior of BC mix modified with waste plastic material. Various percentages of polythene or synthetic resin are used for preparation of mixes with a particular aggregate grading as per mention in IRC Code. The role of polythene in the mix is studied for various engineering properties by preparing Marshall samples of bituminous concrete mixtures with and without polymer. Marshall properties such as stability, flow value, unit weight, air voids are used to determine optimum polythene content for the given grade of bitumen (80/100).