Waste-to-waste management and resource conservation and recycling
1 Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun - 248007 India
2 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Waste Management Laboratory, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh - 176215 India
2 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Waste Management Laboratory, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh - 176215 India
Abstract
Social upgradation results more postconsumer glass and plastic waste and continuously demands newer techniques for their management. This research proposes a new waste-to-waste management strategy by using waste glass for polyolefin degradation. For this purpose, waste glass is activated by mechanochemical treatment and resultant material is used for the thermal pyrolysis of polyolefin. Certain improvement in the product quality is achieved by selectivity towards more alkane fraction.
Keywords
polyolefin degradation; recycling; resource conservation; solid acid; solid waste management; waste glass