Fuel from plastic: an innovative technique of waste management

Plastic have been one of the materials with the fasted grow because of their wide range of applications due to versatility and relatively low cost. The rapid rate of plastic consumption throughout the world has led to the creation of increasing amounts of waste and this in turn poses greater difficulties for disposal. This is due to the fact that duration of life of plastic is very small and depending on the area of application, the service life of plastic products ranges from 1 to 35 years. Since the duration of life of plastic products is relatively small, there is a considerable plastics waste stream that reaches each year to the final resilience creating a serious environmental problem. Plastic wastes can be classified as industrial and municipal wastes according to their origins; these groups have different qualities and properties and are subjected to different management strategies. Gain, because disposal of post-consumer plastics is increasingly being constrained by legislation and escalating costs, there is considerable demand for alternatives to disposal or land filling. Among the alternatives available are source reduction, reuse recycling and recovery of the inherent energy value through waste to energy incineration and processed fuel application. Production of liquid fuel will be a better alternative as the calorific value of the plastic is comparable to that fuels, around 40 MJ/Kg. Each of this option potentially reduces waste and conserves natural resource. This paper present an innovative prototype based on the thermo-chemical conversion processes suitable to the fuel production from waste plastics.