Generation of Electricity by Plastic Waste

Abstract

In the present world, Electricity is very necessary. As India is right now confronting energy emergency with its significant reliance on coal, unrefined petroleum imports to meet strongly developing energy needs of the country. Over 40% of households do not have access to electricity. However, reuse and recycling are first prioritized as left a fraction of waste can be used as energy recovery. Waste-to-Energy is a challenging management in developing countries. There are many different technologies to generate electricity or heat from wastes. The reason for choosing the waste as a plastic, As India generates 25,940 tons of plastic waste every day, but 40% of it remains uncollected causing choking of drainage and river systems. The growth of plastic production has been increasing drastically as it is easily available in our daily life and widely used in many types of products industry due to its low cost. This project gives knowledge on how to generate electricity from plastic waste.