Turning plastic waste into a resource

[bob10]

Now that's thinking outside the square, Bob


Turning plastic waste into a resource ? Science Features (ABC Science) (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2015/05/14/4220031.htm)

[Eevo]

great idea if the economics are there

[Tombie]

It works.. :cool:

And much more economical than mined fluxes / coolant etc... for the furnaces..

[Ferret]

Plastics and tyres in electric arc furnaces perhaps. Blast furnaces? Maybe not.

Some plastics are suitable for blast furnaces injection - polypropylene etc. Some are not - polyvinyl chloride (PVC) etc.

Tyres contain reasonable of levels zinc. Not something you want to put in your blast furnace.

[Tombie]

Plastics and tyres in electric arc furnaces perhaps. Blast furnaces? Maybe not.

Some plastics are suitable for blast furnaces injection - polypropylene etc. Some are not - polyvinyl chloride (PVC) etc.

Tyres contain reasonable levels zinc. Not something you want to put in your blast furnace.

Correct.

We are utilising it only in Steel furnaces - not Iron Making...