This document discusses a pilot study on treating plastic waste through pyrolysis to produce oil. Pyrolysis is the thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures in an oxygen-free environment. In this study, low-density polyethylene plastic waste was pyrolyzed in a stainless steel reactor heated to 500°C to produce an oil with properties similar to aviation fuel. The pyrolysis process breaks the long polymer chains in plastics into smaller molecules of oil, gas and char. If optimized, pyrolysis has the potential to reduce plastic waste in landfills and produce a renewable alternative fuel from recycled plastics.