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The prompt development of many industries, including food industry, generates large amounts of waste, the storage of which releases a number of disadvantageous changes in the natural environment. To prevent progressive degradation of natural environment, the efficient neutralisation of waste becomes a serious challenge facing humanity. Due to the possibility of obtaining energy from selected types of waste, their thermal treatment becomes particularly popular. In present paper the possibilities of utilisation of selected municipal packaging waste in the pyrolysis process are discussed: cardboard packaging, two types of multi-layer cardboard packaging—Tetra Pak and Eko Pak and plastic bottles (PET). The basic physicochemical properties of the analysed waste were presented, as well as the calorific value of the resulting pyrolysis gas was determined. The presented research shows that the use of pyrolysis process for the utilisation of waste packaging materials allows their mass to be reduced from 65.5% to 80.5% relative to their original weight. It was shown that, the best results in terms of the quantity and calorific value of the pyrolysis gas were obtained for cardboard materials (extrudates).
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Urbaniak, D., Bala-Litwiniak, A., Wyleciał, T., Wawrzyniak, P. (2020). Benefits of the Utilization of Waste Packaging Materials in the Pyrolysis Process. In: Wróbel, M., Jewiarz, M., Szlęk , A. (eds) Renewable Energy Sources: Engineering, Technology, Innovation. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13888-2_76
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