Waste Plastics Recycled and Used as Raw Material for Blast Furnace

Summary

Showa Denko K.K. operates chemical recycling facilities, where municipal refuse, shredder dust and other industrial wastes are treated in a high-temperature gasification melting furnace and chemically recycled to supply carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen generated to chemical plants as synthesis material of basic chemical products such as ammonia, methane, methanol, etc. The feedstock is fully recycled, leaving no waste at all.

Industry

Industry Sector	Specific Industry
Chemicals sector	Various

Region

Kawasaki, Japan.

Applied Technologies

• High-temperature gasification direct melting furnace.

Triple Bottom Line Aspects (direct at operational level)

Economic	Materials savings Waste disposal savings
Environment	Increased resource efficiency Landfill diversion
Social	Potential employment

Additional Comments

None.

References

• ICETT (n.d.) International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer website, Zero Emissions, Eco-Town Project, City of Kawasaki, Available at: http://www.icett.or.jp/techinfo.nsf/0/13bcc50dece92c3a49256b8b000c312a?OpenDocument

Last Update

18 January 2007