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Table D-2 Details <strong>of</strong> calculation <strong>of</strong> the material flow <strong>of</strong> plastics <strong>in</strong> <strong>Thailand</strong>, 2010 (cont<strong>in</strong>ued)<br />

No. Description<br />

55<br />

56<br />

Fresh waste to<br />

oil<br />

Recycled<br />

product<br />

Value<br />

(Tonnes/year)<br />

7,300.00<br />

363,259<br />

203<br />

Assumption and Calculation<br />

There are three oil recovery plants <strong>of</strong> private company, and The three plants were set at TPI Polene<br />

PLC. (Saraburi prov<strong>in</strong>ce), Renewable Energy Ltd.,Co. (Saraburi prov<strong>in</strong>ce), and Bangkok Tyre<br />

Ref<strong>in</strong>ery Ltd., Co. (Chachoengsao prov<strong>in</strong>ce). The assumption is 6 tonnes/day <strong>of</strong> fresh plastic waste<br />

from community is fed <strong>in</strong>to the reactor <strong>of</strong> oil recovery plants, so the amount <strong>of</strong> fresh plastic waste is<br />

6,570 tonnes/year.<br />

Nowadays, the oil recovery plants <strong>of</strong> the Renewable Energy and Tyre Ref<strong>in</strong>ery company are not<br />

operated because there is not any middle dealer and waste shop who sell fresh plastic wastes. The<br />

TPI Polene company has the municipal solid wastes from community to burn <strong>in</strong> cement plant, and<br />

the sorted plastic wastes are fed <strong>in</strong> the pyrolysis reactor.<br />

Moreover, the one oil recovery plant is <strong>in</strong> Rajamangala University <strong>of</strong> Technology Thunyaburi<br />

(RMUTT). This plant uses 2 tonnes/day <strong>of</strong> fresh plastic waste, so the amount <strong>of</strong> fresh plastic waste<br />

is 730 tonnes/year.<br />

Thus, the total amount <strong>of</strong> fresh plastic waste is 7,300 tonnes/year.<br />

The recycled product means that plastic wastes from collection and transportation process are<br />

recycled <strong>in</strong>to plastic pellets (pelletiz<strong>in</strong>g) because most plastic products are produced from plastic<br />

pellets. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to the case study <strong>of</strong> pelletiz<strong>in</strong>g factory, 86% <strong>of</strong> plastic waste will become<br />

recycled plastic pellets/products (Jantanaroch, 2010).

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