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Due to its great use in diverse array of applications, plastics represent one of the main components of solid waste. Plastics is derived from petroleum sources and is non-biodegradable. Given landfill space shortage and a general growing environmentally conscientious society, processors have the opportunity to adopt new technologies for reducing waste and maximizing recycling efforts. Advantages secured by an improved recycling activity are: waste reduction, cost decrease of the final product, energy consumption reduction, environmental protection and oil savings. |