{"id":10961,"date":"2023-01-07T14:21:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T14:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=10961"},"modified":"2023-01-07T18:23:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T18:23:44","slug":"plastic-waste-disposal-techniques","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/plastic-waste-disposal-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic waste disposal techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10961\" class=\"elementor elementor-10961\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e256014 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e256014\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"a4a4f37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Plastic Waste<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce99ef3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"ce99ef3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-plastic-waste-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10950 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/plastic-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Plastic Waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10974 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/types-of-plastic-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Types of plastic waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10972 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/sources-of-plastic-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Sources of plastic waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10971 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/impact-of-plastic-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Impact of plastic waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10973 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/plastic-waste-disposal-techniques\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Plastic waste disposal techniques<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-10970 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/plastic-waste-factsheet\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Plastic waste factsheet<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d553d97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d553d97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dc3368\" data-id=\"5dc3368\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d309b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0d309b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Plastic waste disposal techniques<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa9545 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7aa9545\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Unlike paper, wood and organic waste, plastics do not bio-degrade easily. That means plastics will eventually end up somewhere if not incinerated. <br \/>Did you know that the cumulative plastic waste generated in 2002 was 164Mt, 2,300Mt in 2012 and 5,413 in 2022, according to the Forecasts extrapolated from Geyer et al. (2019) and PEW and SYSTEMIQ (2020).<\/p><p>Where did all that go?<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11088\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/plastic-waste-management.jpg\" alt=\"plastic waste management by technique\" width=\"800\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/plastic-waste-management.jpg 800w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/plastic-waste-management-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/plastic-waste-management-768x638.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/plastic-waste-management-600x499.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"p1\">In Europe (inside and outside the EU) 7.2 million tonnes of plastic post consumer waste were landfilled, while 9.4 million tonnes were collected for recycling and approximately 12.4 tonnes were incinerated. <i>Source1\u00a0<\/i><\/p><p>Here are some common methods of plastic waste disposal.<\/p><h3>Incineration:<\/h3><p>This is the burning of waste. It is a popular method because it reduces the amount of the waste material by about 80% to 90% and uses very little space as a result. In large scale incinerations, the heat can be used to generate power, but the effect on the environment and atmosphere are seriously concerning. Burning emit hazardous emissions and detrimental constituents, including particulate matter, dioxins, CO, metals, and volatile organic chlorides.<\/p><h3>Landfill:<\/h3><p>Landfill is an old technique where waste is dumped in a location and left to decay. Unfortunately after the industrial revolution there are more non-biodegradable components in waste and hence the material stays in the landfill for a long time before they breakdown. Plastics do not biodegrade and together with other elements and chemicals, they pose a dangerous hazard to the land on which they are located. Toxic leakages are filtered into the ground whiles some also run off into water bodies.<\/p><h3>Pyrolysis:<\/h3><p>In many advanced areas, pyrolysis is a common technique used to convert plastic waste into energy, in the form of solid, liquid and synthetic gaseous fuels. High temperatures are used to degrade plastic waste in the absence of oxygen. Unlike incineration, this technique is known to be non-toxic and has non-environmentally harmful emissions.<\/p><p>Other less common techniques include Mechanical Reprocessing, Microwave-Assisted Conversion, Gasification and Biochemical Conversion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-475b9c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"475b9c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our research for this topic included these sources:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8617ab7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8617ab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li class=\"p1\">PlasticsEurope, Plastics \u2013 the Facts 2019. 2020, Plastics Europe: Belgium. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/STUD\/2020\/658279\/IPOL_STU(2020)658279_EN.pdf\"><span class=\"s1\">https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/STUD\/2020\/658279\/IPOL_STU(2020)658279_EN.pdf<\/span><\/a> Page 16<\/li><\/ol><p>2. Citation: Maitlo, G.; Ali, I.; Maitlo, H.A.; Ali, S.; Unar, I.N.; Ahmad, M.B.; Bhutto, D.K.; Karmani, R.K.; Naich, S.u.R.; Sajjad, R.U.; et al. Plastic Waste Recycling, Applications, and Future Prospects for a Sustainable Environment. 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