HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (HDPE-2) AND POLYSTYRENE (PS-6) WASTE PLASTIC MIXTURE TURNS INTO VALUABLE FUEL ENERGY
Moinuddin Sarker, Mohammad Mamunor Rashid, Mohammed Molla, Sadikur Rahman
Pages: 379-386
Published: 1 Jan 2011
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Abstract: Disposal of waste plastic is a serious concern in USA. Waste plastic generated from different cities and towns is a part of municipal solid waste. It is a matter of concern that disposal of waste plastic is causing many problems such as leaching impact on land and ground water, choking of drains, making land infertile, indiscriminate burning causes environmental hazards etc. Waste plastics being nonbiodegradable it can remain as a long period of landfill. Over 48 million tons of synthetic polymer material is produced in the United States every year. Plastic are made from limited resources such as petroleum. When waste plastic come in contact with light and starts photo degrading, it starts releasing harmful such as carbon, chlorine and sulfur causing the soil around them to decay, contributing many complications for cultivation. Waste plastics also end up in the ocean, where it becomes small particles due to the reaction caused by the sun ray and salt from the ocean. Million of ocean habitants die from consuming these small plastic particles when they mistake them for food. To solve this problem countries are resorting to dumping the waste plastics, which requires a lot of effort and money yet they are only able to recycle a fraction of waste plastics. This developed a new technology which will remove these waste plastics form landfill and ocean and convert them into useful liquid fuels. The fuels show high potential for commercialization due to the fact, its influence to the environment.
Keywords: waste plastics, fuel, energy, polystyrene, high density polyethylene
Cite this article: Moinuddin Sarker, Mohammad Mamunor Rashid, Mohammed Molla, Sadikur Rahman. HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (HDPE-2) AND POLYSTYRENE (PS-6) WASTE PLASTIC MIXTURE TURNS INTO VALUABLE FUEL ENERGY. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Materials, Methods & Technologies 5, 379-386 (2011). https://www.scientific-publications.net/en/article/1003347/
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