Current technologies for plastic waste treatment: A review

F Zhang, Y Zhao, D Wang, M Yan, J Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional nonbiodegradable plastic waste (NPW) treatment technologies include landfill
and incineration, which face bottlenecks and cannot solve NPW problems effectively …

Plastics—villain or hero? polymers and recycled polymers in mineral and metallurgical processing—a review

S Devasahayam, RKS Raman, K Chennakesavulu… - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
This review focusses on the use of recycled and virgin polymers in mineral and metallurgical
processing, both high and ambient temperature processes, including novel applications …

Forecasting municipal solid waste generation using prognostic tools and regression analysis

C Ghinea, EN Drăgoi, ED Comăniţă… - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
For an adequate planning of waste management systems the accurate forecast of waste
generation is an essential step, since various factors can affect waste trends. The application …

Characterization of biodiesel based on plastic pyrolysis oil (PPO) and coconut oil: Performance and emission analysis using RSM-ANN approach

A Afzal, RG Roy, CP Koshy, Y Alex, M Abbas… - Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The work presents comparative study of the production and characterisation of sustainable
biodiesel fuel made from waste plastics and virgin coconut oil. For characterisation, various …

Characterization of excavated plastic waste from an Indian dumpsite: Investigating extent of degradation and resource recovery potential

RV Mankhair, A Singh… - Waste Management & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent years, the concept of landfill mining has gained a lot of traction in India, and tonnes
of plastic waste is being excavated. The present shift towards a circular economy …

[HTML][HTML] Combustion dynamics of polymer wastes in a bubbling fluidized bed

W Żukowski, D Jankowski, J Baron, J Wrona - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper compares the combustion of selected artificial polymers and biomasses in a
fluidized bed reactor. Two types of the artificial polymers were tested. The first one was used …

Current state, development and future directions of medical waste valorization

YT Chu, J Zhou, Y Wang, Y Liu, J Ren - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Elevated medical waste has urged the improvement of sustainable medical waste
treatments. A bibliometric analysis is initially conducted to investigate scientific development …

[PDF][PDF] MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SORTING AND TREATMENT SCHEMES FOR THE MAXIMIZATION OF MATERIAL AND ENERGY RECOVERY IN A LATEST EU …

G Ionescu, EC Rada, LI Cioca - Environmental Engineering & …, 2015 - researchgate.net
This paper analyses mass and energy balances of some Integrated Municipal Solid Waste
Systems (IMSWS) focusing on MSW sorting, treatment and energy recovery conversion …

Costs analysis of municipal solid waste management scenarios: IASI–Romania case study

C Ghinea, M Gavrilescu - Journal of Environmental Engineering …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Effective management of solid waste has become environmentally and economically
mandatory due to the increase of environmental problems. In this context, the evaluation of …

The combustion of polyolefins in inert and catalytic fluidised beds

W Żukowski, G Berkowicz - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
The thermal degradation of polyethylene and polypropylene were performed in three types
of fluidised bed consisting of sand, inert hollow microspheres (cenospheres) with a density …