The siderulgical process as way of recycling plastic residues

The development of new recycling ways to allow therecovery of plastics from municipal wastes is of greatinterest in order to keep as many options open,especially when the co-processing with raw materialscan be performed in consolidate industrial processes.In this context, integrated steel plants can beconsidered as an option for those wastes withtechnical limitations for conventional mechanicalrecycling. The combination of the blast furnace routeand coke plant in the steel industry provide a wayto expand feedstock recycling with severalenvironmental benefits such as saving fossil fuels,reducing landfill of the wastes and reducing solidparticles, SO2 and CO2 emissions. This paper is anattempt to compile some relevant advances in theserecycling routes.