Polymers

Addition Polymers:

• Advantage -
  • cheap as crude oil is a raw material
• Disadvantages - 
  • non-renewable resource (oil)
  • non-biodegradable (dispose via landfill)

Waste Polymers and Alternatives:

• Waste polymer as a fuel -
  • combustion, burning a polymer for energy production
  • for Halogenated plastics, incinerators have to be filled with scrubbers to remove toxic gases e.g. HCl
• Feedstock recycling - 
  • used as…