2021 Annual Meeting

Session: Waste Plastic - Recycle, Reuse and Remediation Strategies

Chair

Jeffrey Seay, University of Kentucky

Co-Chairs

Amy E. Landis, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES

Presentations

03:30 PM

(217a) Thermochemical Co-Conversion of Waste Polyolefins with Low-Rank Aromatic-Rich Hydrocarbons into an Intermediate of High-Quality Anisotropic Pitch
Wenjia Wang, Ignacio Preciado, Eric Eddings

03:45 PM

(217b) Global Issues in Plastic Waste: Community Focused Management Approaches
Shelby Browning, Jeffrey Seay, Robert Peters

04:00 PM

(217c) A Material Flow Analysis for Sustainable End-of-Life Plastic Management
Kirti Yenkie, John Chea, Joseph Stanzione, Gerardo Ruiz-Mercado

04:15 PM

(217d) Use of Surfactants to Deink Plastics
Asmita Baruah, Brian Grady

04:30 PM

(217e) Study of the Viscosity and Thermal Characteristics of Polyolefins / Solvent Mixtures: Applications for Plastic Pyrolysis
Ali Zolghadr, Azarnoosh Foroozandehfar, Daniel Kulas, David Shonnard

04:45 PM

(217f) Waste Plastics and Microplastics in Africa: Negative Impacts and Opportunities
Gaber Abdellatif, Mohamed Mostafa, Ahmed S. Mahmoud, Robert W. Peters