- Plastic waste is increasingly becoming an environmental problem as plastic does not degrade quickly in landfills. Pyrolysis is a process that breaks down plastic waste into useful products like oil through heating in the absence of oxygen.
- In this study, plastic waste was subjected to pyrolysis to produce an oil that can replace solvents used in paint manufacturing. Low density polyethylene plastic waste was used.
- The pyrolysis process involved heating the plastic waste in a reactor to about 500°C to break it down into oil, gas, and carbon black products. The oil produced has properties suitable for use as a paint solvent. Using waste plastic oil replaces the need for other solvents and provides a way to manage plastic waste