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c) Plastic pellet sack
Figure C-6 Some plastic wastes
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d) Plastic bucket (“Jumpbo”)
All plastic wastes are chopped into small pieces/pellets by shredding machines. Most of
wastes do not require washing process because wastes are clean, so they can be put into
shredding machine directly. After shredding process, pellets are packed into sack by 25
kg/sack. This shop can chop 4 tonnes/day of plastic wastes by four machines (See in video
1). There are not wastes that are occurred during process. Figure C-7 and C-8 present
washing, drying and shredding process.
d) Pellet washing; some wastes are
e) Pellet drying
contaminated with liquids like (lotion,
shower cream, shampoo, etc.). Pellets
are washed in basin.
Figure C-7 Washing and drying process
Figure C-8 Shredding/pelletizing process