Abstract:
Despite significant advances in recent years, 61% of the plastic waste generated in Western Europe is still disposed of to landfill. The polyethylene, high and low density (HDPE and LDPE), is the main part of waste plastics. It is proposed a more effective way to valorise these wastes, which appear to be the pyrolysis. This solution has two main advantages: the quantity of waste is reduced up to 99%, depending on plastic composition, while liquid and gaseous fractions with LHV almost like diesel fuel and  natural gas will be produced during the process.