a Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 43, Japan
b Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Aichi 44, Japan
Abstract:
Catalytic degradations of polyethylene into fuel oils and of polystyrene into styrene monomer have been studied using solid acids and bases as catalysts. Solid acids such as silica-aluminas and ZSM-5 zeolite were found to be effective to degrade waste polyethylene into fuel oils, and solid bases such as BaO and K2O were concluded to be effective to convert waste polystyrene into styrene monomer. A design of recyclable polystyrene films will be briefly mentioned.