ReviewThe Science of the total environment2022
Pyrolysis of polypropylene plastic waste into carbonaceous char: Priority of plastic waste management amidst COVID-19 pandemic.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Waste Management and the Perspective of a Green Hospital-A Systematic Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Plastic Valorization into Added-Value Products via Microwave and Conventional Pyrolysis: A Review.ACS environmental Au · 2026Review
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- Emerging Biochemical Conversion for Plastic Waste Management: A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Biodegradation of Typical Plastics: From Microbial Diversity to Metabolic Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Pyrolysis of Solid Recovered Fuel Using Fixed and Fluidized Bed Reactors.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Sustainable Solution for Plastic Pollution: Upcycling Waste Polypropylene Masks for Effective Oil-Spill Management.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Post-pandemic micro/nanoplastic pollution: Toward a sustainable management.The Science of the total environment · 2023Review
- Plastic wastes in the time of COVID-19: Their environmental hazards and implications for sustainable energy resilience and circular bio-economies.The Science of the total environment · 2023Review
- Production of third generation bio-fuel through thermal cracking process by utilizing Covid-19 plastic wastes.Materials today. Proceedings · 2023Article
- Reuse of end-of-life personal protective equipment in hot asphalt mixtures: an environmental evaluation.Procedia CIRP · 2023Article
- Upcycling face mask wastes generated during COVID-19 into value-added engineering materials: A review.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Process Simulation and Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Plastics: A Comparison of Pyrolysis and Hydrocracking.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Agro-residual biomass and disposable protective face mask: a merger for converting waste to plastic-fiber fuel via an integrative carbonization-pelletization framework.Biomass conversion and biorefinery · 2022Article
- Effect of Diatomite on the Thermal Degradation Behavior of Polypropylene and Formation of Graphene Products.Polymers · 2022Article
- Analysis of Statistically Predicted Rate Constants for Pyrolysis of High-Density Plastic Using R Software.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
COVID-19 global pandemic, originated from Wuhan, resulted in a massive increase in the output of polypropylene (PP)-based personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers. The continuous demand of PPE across the world caused the PP based plastic wastes accumulation. Some alternative approaches that have been practiced apart from collecting the plastic waste in the landfills are incineration approach and open burning. However, there were many drawbacks of these practices, which promote the release of chemical additives and greenhouse gases into the environment. Therefore, a proper approach in treating the plastic wastes, which introduces conversion of plastic wastes into renewable energy is paramount. Along the way of extensive research and studies, the recovery of PP plastic to fuel-like liquid oil and solid char through thermal decomposition of pyrolysis process, helps in reducing the number of PP plastic wastes and produces good quality pyrolysis liquid oil and solid char to be used in fuel applications. This paper summarizes the pyrolysis process for massively produced PP plastic wastes, type of pyrolysis used and the main pyrolysis parameters affecting the product yields. Literature studies of pyrolysis of PP plastic and several key points to optimize solid char production for PP were thoroughly elaborated in this review paper.
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