Plastic Recycling- Future Sustainability

Abstract

Plastics are perhaps one of the more widely known materials in the world. Its use in many applications continues to baffle many professionals. However, the manufacture, use and disposal has rendered plastics waste available in almost everywhere. To solve one plastic problem ‘unsustainability’, recycling solutions provides opportunities to make plastics sustainable. However, effective plastic recycling methods are limited while other methods add more harm to the plastic problem. This project explores how plastics can be made sustainable for future use. A case study approach, in which a close-loop recycling and a chemical recycling case scenario were used in meeting the projects aims and objectives. The results saw that (1) closing the loop on plastics could add sustainability features to plastics and (2) chemical recycling of plastics through gasification presents great opportunities for making plastics sustainable.