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“In this study, pyrolysis of MPW to synthetic oil was considered as an alternative to landfill disposal. Three types of pyrolysis technologies were examined and their potential application in processing NYC’s NRP was evaluated. The technologies discussed were developed by JBI Inc, Agilyx, and Climax Global Energy Inc. All three technologies process NRP to yield synthetic fuels and other petrochemical products of market value. Plastic residue from NYC’s Sims Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in New Jersey was considered as the test-run feedstock for the pyrolysis technologies discussed. Sims generates approximately 60 tons of plastic residue per day , which primarily consists of film plastics. In practice , if NYC were to construct a pyrolysis plant to process all of the city’s municipal NRP (which includes landfill-bound plastic refuse in addition to plastic residue from Sims MRF), then the total required operating capacity of the plant would be approximately 1,700 tons per day.”

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