Journal of Chemical Engineering & Process Technology
Open Access
ISSN: 2157-7048
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ISSN: 2157-7048
+44-20-4587-4809
Zohaib Ashraf
Pakistan
Research Article
Feasibility Study of Municipal Plastic Waste for Power Generation in Lahore
City, Pakistan
Author(s): Atif Khan, Khizar Nawaz, Muhammad Usama and Zohaib AshrafAtif Khan, Khizar Nawaz, Muhammad Usama and Zohaib Ashraf
In the last century mankind witnessed many innovations and one of them is the emerging of plastic materials in different fields. Due to light in weight and good impact and thermal resistance, these plastics are found to be very useful in manufacturing of certain products as well as household. Use of these materials also helped in boosting the economy of industries which replaced plastic materials with the metallic materials in certain processes. But there is the great drawback associated with these commodities. The most significant is the environmental problem i.e. plastic material is a great source of adding pollution. The world?s annual consumption of plastic is increased tremendously from early 1950?s to till now. Therefore the plastic waste which is increasing day by day should be recycled. Plastic waste recycling provides the opportunity to collect and dispose of plastic waste in th.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2157-7048.1000229