Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat and humans. Harmful chemicals from plastics can seep underground and contaminate water. Similarly harmful chemicals from plastics enter our body through the sea food and causing deases

1. Plastic Pollution
By: Jibran Ghumro
Dawood University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi

2. Plastic Pollution And Its Effect On Environment
 Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that
adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat and humans.
 Harmful chemicals from plastics can seep underground and contaminate water.
 Similarly harmful chemicals from plastics enter our body through the sea food and
causing deases.

3. Statistics of waste produced in Pakistan
City
Population in
million
Solid waste
generation/day
in tons
Karachi 20,500,000 9,440
Lahore 10,000,000 6,510
Faisalabad 7,500,000 4,883
Rawalpindi 5,900,000 3,841
Hyderabad 5,500,000 3,581
Multan 5,200,000 3,385
Gujranwala 4,800,000 3,125
Sargodha 4,500,000 2,930
Peshawar 2,900,000 1,888
Quetta 600,000 326

4. Ways of reducing plastic

5. Pyrolysis of plastic
In pyrolysis (plastic to oil) process, the plastic waste is
not burned. But instead plastic is chemically broken down
into Pyrolysis Oil, Hydrocarbon Gas and Carbon Black.
Plastic to oil is environment friendly technology for
disposal of plastic waste.

6. Flow Chart (Plastic to Oil)

7. Plastic Pyrolysis end products and their
application.
Product Application or Use
Pyrolysis Oil
As industrial fuel for production of
heat and electricity, raw material for
manufacturing petrochemicals
(petrol, diesel, base oil, lubricants
etc.)
Carbon Black
Used as fuel in
boiler/furnaces/cement plants, raw
material for manufacturing carbon
Nano-tubes & activated carbon
Pyrolysis Gas
Used as fuel to heat the plastic to oil
reactor. Excess gas can be used for
production of petrochemicals or
electricity

8. Mass Balance (Plastic to Oil)

9. Plastic conversion into Plasphalt
A proprietary mix of asphalt and recycled plastic is called as Plasphalt.