WASTE PLASTICS
February 1st, 2004
BY MATTHEW BRACEAUSTRALIAN researchers are exploring the future use of waste plastics to help create fuel when combined with coal. The project at the Cooperative Research Centre for Coal in Sustainable Development might be a solution to ridding the world of tonnes of plastic waste. It is also a way of lowering emissions because plastic is carbon-lean compared with coal. The team is applying waste plastics as a co-injectant with coal in blast furnaces, notably in the iron industry. Head of the research team, Prof Veena Sahajwalla, said: "The use of plastics as a ...
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