Plastic Waste Management 3 min read
Depolymerization to plastic
Depolymerization using either pyrolysis or gasification breaks plastic down to simpler hydrocarbon compounds. In the low-oxygen environment polymers break down…
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Plastic Waste Management 4 min read
PVC – THE POISONOUS POLYMER
Polyvinyl chloride or PVC stands out as one of the most difficult plastic wastes to manage and causes serious problems…
Plastic Waste Management 6 min read
WHAT PLASTIC ACTUALLY GETS RECYCLED AND WHAT DOES NOT?
The answer depends, to some degree, on which country you live in. As noted in the previous section, low-income countries…
Plastic Waste Management 4 min read
PLASTIC RECYCLING IN LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
Environmentally sound management of plastic waste requires carefully designed municipal and industrial waste collection, separation, and cleaning or pre-treatment systems…
Plastic Waste Management 2 min read
IS IT REALLY RECYCLING OR JUST EXPORT?
While much of the following discussion is around technical issues detailing which technologies can recycle which polymers using different techniques,…
Plastic Waste Management 4 min read
PLASTIC RECYCLING
As the pressure to deal with plastic waste grows daily, new technologies and concepts for plastic waste management arise apace.…
Plastic Waste Management 5 min read
ADDITIVES OF GLOBAL CONCERN: PHENOLIC BENZOTRIAZOLES UV -326, UV-327 AND UV-328
Stabilizer additives have not received as much attention in the literature as some other additives but have recently been the…
Plastic Waste Management 8 min read
TOXIC ADDITIVES
A significant challenge to the recycling of plastic is the widespread use of chemical additives in the formulations of polymers,…
Plastic Waste Management 3 min read
WHAT ARE MONOMERS, POLYMERS AND PLASTICS?
Plastics are essentially large units of smaller linked molecular building blocks called ‘monomers’. Monomers are made up of molecules which…
Plastic Waste Management 8 min read
PLASTIC ACCELERATES CLIMATE CHANGE
Every stage in the lifecycle of plastics generates significant emissions of greenhouse gasses which drive climate change and undermine the…
Plastic Waste Management 4 min read
PLASTICS IN A GLOBAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY?
A key question when considering how to manage plastic waste is whether there is a role for plastic in a…
Plastic Waste Management 4 min read
What are the benefits of reducing plastic waste?
Reducing our plastic waste boasts numerous benefits, not the least of which include preserving natural resources, protecting the environment, and…
