In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It's now about 400 million tons—an increase of nearly 20,000%.
What should be done with all the wood and plastic waste? This has been investigated by Supriyanto, Ph.D. in the research area ...
A worker carries out the process of converting plastic waste into petasol fuel, using a fast pyrolysis (faspol) machine.
Plastic waste pyrolysis is one technology that could help address this issue. This is a relatively new technique, so researchers still have only a limited knowledge of the pyrolysis process.