What is meant by chemical conversion of municipal solid waste?
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Combustion or burning is the sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and an oxidant accompanied by the production of heat and conversion of chemical species. Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials.
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Plastic and inorganic waste is a major concern for the world. There wasn't any way till now for the safe disposal of the inorganic waste but a research in Purdue University has developed a process that can convert recycled plastic bags into pellets into oil through chemical conversion.
The oil is then seperated into gasoline and a diesel like fuel through distillation.
The development of this technology is a revolution in science because till now this is the best way to dispose of the tons of plastic that we use.
This process is used for polyolefin waste.