Open AccessSustainable plastic waste management strategy: Optimization of plastic manufacturing plant waste (gas and product transition)
Author(s) -
Fauzi Khair,
Jaka Matsana
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/1041/1/012043
Subject(s) - cleaner production , waste management , process (computing) , process engineering , exhaust gas , environmental science , engineering , municipal solid waste , computer science , operating system
Production waste management has become the key to a sustainable manufacturing operation strategy. This study aims to analyse the waste gas and production waste from the polymerization process, especially the residual exhaust gas from the degassing unit and the final product from the product transition process that does not meet the requirements. Research using qualitative and quantitative methods. The analysis is done by calculating the amount of gas removed from the sweeping or degassing process and calculating the material balance of the production process to analyse the process loss. The results show that the largest contributor to the waste gas is from the degassing process and the pellets from the transition products. In addition, an optimization process is needed to recover exhaust gas with a recovery system and perform a trimming process or a mixing process to reduce the transition product to become prime product.