Turning waste plastics into fuel.(update)

Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World;  January 1, 2005 ;     407 words ......out of unrecycled waste plastics and burning them without...burgeoning problem of waste plastics in our environment...to get energy from waste products, and plastics have...compressed, sometimes dirty waste plastics inside. The sausage...burning agricultural ...

PENN STATE RESEARCHERS USE WASTE PLASTICS AS FUEL

BioCycle;  February 1, 2005 ;     201 words ......solve the problems of waste plastics, "especially on the...to get energy from waste products, and plastics have...compressed, sometimes dirty waste plastics inside. Although the...burning agricultural waste products such as silage wrap...household and business ...

Municipal waste plastics recycled in blast furnaces for first time.(Brief...

New Materials Japan;  July 1, 2000 ;     515 words ......first steelmaker to recycle municipal waste plastics as feed for blast furnaces. The launch...similar system to recycle industrial waste plastics at the Keihin Works since October 1996...processing about 40 000 t of industrial waste plastics each year, with a feed from contracted...

WASTE PLASTICS IMPORT FACING LIMITATION

AsiaInfo Services;  October 15, 1997 ;     95 words ...AsiaInfo Services 10-15-1997 Waste Plastics Import Facing Limitation CHINA...impose strict regulation on waste plastics import. The notice states that...should control the imported waste plastics and enterprises should reduce...

Back to basics. (recycling waste plastics into basic chemicals)

Chemistry and Industry;  January 3, 1994 ;     700+ words ...Turning waste plastics into basic chemicals is an old...collecting, sorting and cleaning waste plastics are high. Plants will be limited...PVC), which makes up a tenth of waste plastics. Chlorine will quickly corrode...

Scrap plastics converted to ammonia.(Update)

British Plastics & Rubber;  July 1, 2004 ;     147 words ...POST consumer and industrial waste plastics are being converted into liquid ammonia...product is the commercial result of a waste plastics recycling project that began a year...company's Kawasaki plant. Substituting waste plastics has almost halved its consumption of...

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE BANS PLASTIC WASTE IMPORTS.

Indonesian Commercial Newsletter;  December 7, 1992 ;     111 words ......Department of Trade banned the import of waste plastics for use as a basic material. This policy...pollution and protect human health. The waste plastics which is not allowed to enter Indonesia...imported a total of 12,000 tons of waste plastics worth US$ 3.1 million. The import ...

China to Develop Plastic Recycling Industry

Xinhua English Newswire;  April 29, 1998 ;     129 words ......China currently recycles 15 percent of waste plastics, or less than one-third of the worldwide...average. "Recycling a mere 20 percent of waste plastics accumulated annually will enable China...profits," according to the report. Waste plastics can be used to produce kerosene, paint...

Waste Plastics / Wood Scrap Composite Material.(Brief Article)

Japanese New Materials;  December 1, 2001 ;     180 words ......Industrial Company has developed a waste plastics / wood scrap composite material which...of wood scraps and various types of waste plastics that are difficult to recover for recycling...ratio of 1:! of wood scraps and crushed waste plastics. A fusion agent is added, after which...

Nikkiso develops way to recycle additive-containing plastics.(Environment...

New Materials Japan;  September 1, 2004 ;     209 words ......obtain plastic that can be reused. Waste plastics that contain additives are difficult...the machines to firms that process waste plastics for municipal governments. The first...that can handle a variety of types of waste plastics. For further information, contact...

Farmers to centralise waste plastics collection.(RECLAMATION & RECYCLING)

British Plastics & Rubber;  January 1, 2006 ;     122 words ...TWO trial waste plastics collections schemes are being set up for Cumbrian farmers this...up the collection schemes, triggered by regulations to prevent waste plastics from farms from going to landfill. The trials involve neighbouring...

A million pallets a year from waste plastics.(Brief Article)

British Plastics & Rubber;  November 1, 1999 ;     159 words ...A PLANT to make transport pallets from mixed consumer waste plastics to be built in Berkshire is described as the biggest single...Valpak compliance scheme in securing a site and supplies of waste plastics. Investment in the plant amounts to [pounds]18 million...

System for Oleation of Waste Plastics.(Brief Article)

Japanese New Materials;  October 1, 2001 ;     193 words ......jointly developed a system to process waste plastics containing vinyl chloride, and to regenerate...melting and dechlorinisation tank, waste plastics are melted at around 300 degrees C...following pyrolysis tank process, the waste plastics are converted into low indirect heating...

Production Technology of Oil Products Based on Waste Plastics Listed in...

China Chemical Reporter;  May 16, 1996 ;     114 words ...The technology for production of gasoline and diesel from waste plastics developed by Xi'an Xinglong Petrochemical Plant has been...the plant to expand the processing capacity of 2000 t/a waste plastics to 5000 t/a. More than 180 units are holding talks with...

Shell Sets Sights On Beer Market For New Pet Grades : Japanese Plant Will...

High Performance Plastics;  September 1, 1999 ;     193 words ......demonstration plant using gasification to turn waste plastics into chemical feedstock is being built...carbon monoxide gases by pyrolyzing waste plastics in a pressurized two-stage gasification...a day (up to 10 000 tonnes/year) of waste plastics and other organic waste. Completion...