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6 Waste Plastics Management and Conversion into Liquid …
Table 6.4
(continued)
Company
Location
Feedstock
Conversion method
Capacity
Main product
Yield (wt%)
Refs.
Klean Industries
Inc.
Canada
Waste plastics from
MRFs, agricultural,
automotive and
e-waste industries
Catalytic pyrolysis
35,000 t/year
Diesel fuel,
diesel/gasoline mix
70
[13]
Plastic
Advanced
Recycling Co.
USA
Plastics from MSW
and paper mills
Catalytic thermal
treatment at ambient
pressure and <500 °C
10,000 t/year
Crude oil
50–70
[13]
Polyflow
USA
Plastics from MSW
and MRFs
Non-catalytic pyrolysis 420 lb/batch
diesel/gasoline mix
~70
[13]
Polymer Energy USA
Plastics from landfill,
industrial scrap,
collected through
recycling
Catalytic thermal
treatment
8.5 t/day
diesel/gasoline mix
~60–80
[13]