Pyrolysis technology for plastic waste recycling: A state-of-the-art review

L Dai, N Zhou, Y Lv, Y Cheng, Y Wang, Y Liu… - Progress in Energy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Discarded plastics can be converted to various fuels and chemicals to generate positive
economic value instead of polluting the environment. In the past few years, pyrolysis has …

Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges

H Li, HA Aguirre-Villegas, RD Allen, X Bai… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Less than 10% of the plastics generated globally are recycled, while the rest are incinerated,
accumulated in landfills, or leak into the environment. New technologies are emerging to …

[HTML][HTML] Technologies for chemical recycling of household plastics–A technical review and TRL assessment

M Solis, S Silveira - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Chemical recycling is considered an attractive technological pathway for reducing waste
and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as promoting circular economy. In the EU …

Pyrolysis of plastic waste for production of heavy fuel substitute: A techno-economic assessment

A Fivga, I Dimitriou - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis is widely seen as a promising technology for converting plastic waste into a wax/oil
product which can be used as a heavy fuel oil substitute or as raw material by the …

Economic and environmental analysis of plastics pyrolysis after secondary sortation of mixed plastic waste

DG Kulas, A Zolghadr, US Chaudhari… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic usage has quickly grown in recent years as plastics have become an essential
material in everyday life. Unfortunately, recycling rates have not matched the increased …

A state-of-the-art review on waste plastics-derived aviation fuel: Unveiling the heterogeneous catalytic systems and techno-economy feasibility of catalytic pyrolysis

I Hussain, SA Ganiyu, H Alasiri, K Alhooshani - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been an increase in the amount of attention paid in published
scientific works to the problems that waste plastics, and the associated issues cause in the …

Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment for catalytic fast pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste

G Yadav, A Singh, A Dutta, T Uekert… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Pyrolysis of waste plastics has gained interest as a candidate chemical recycling
technology. To examine the potential of this approach, we conducted a techno-economic …

Economic performance of pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste: Open-loop versus closed-loop recycling

M Larrain, S Van Passel, G Thomassen… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent decades new recycling technologies for mixed plastic waste have emerged. In
pyrolysis, the polymer chains are thermally broken (pyrolyzed) to obtain hydrocarbon …

Pyrolytic conversion of waste plastics to energy products: A review on yields, properties, and production costs

F Faisal, MG Rasul, MI Jahirul, D Schaller - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, about 370 million tonnes of waste plastic are generated annually with about
9% recycled, 80% landfilled and 11% converted to energy. As recycling of waste plastics are …

Valorization of hazardous plastic wastes into value-added resources by catalytic pyrolysis-gasification: A review of techno-economic analysis

KQ Tan, MA Ahmad, W Da Oh, SC Low - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic waste pollution has grown exponentially since the 1950s. This situation was
exacerbated when the volume of personal protective equipment (PPE)-based plastic waste …