Commingled plastic waste pyrolysis

Pyrolysis recycling of mixed waste plastics into generator and transportation fuels is seen by many as the answer for deriving value from unwashed, commingled plastics as well as managing their desired diversion from landfill. 

A distinct advantage of plastic pyrolysis into fuels as a means of recycling is its ability to handle mixed and unwashed plastics. Post-consumer plastics are often commingled and contaminated with extraneous materials such as soil, dirt, aluminium foils, paper labels and food remnants. While soil, dirt and glue can be removed from post-consumer plastics by washing, this is a fairly expensive operation and it leads to secondary waste streams... 

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